The following table contains the course and lab meeting schedule with links to the readings. For course meetings where there is a required reading assignment, the following items are due by 12:30pm the day of class:
Deadlines for the course project can be found on the project page.
The links I've provided for the readings will direct you to the official online proceedings or journal sites. If you're not able to view the entire paper or cannot download the PDF, I'd recommend searching for the paper on Google Scholar, where you can find an available PDF.
| Date | Meeting Type | Meeting Lead(s) | Peer-Reviewers | Topic | Reading(s) or Tasks to Complete Beforehand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Mar 23 | Lecture | Sarah Sebo | Introduction to HRI & the course | ||
| Wed, Mar 25 | Lab | Lab 1: HRI Study Design | Hoffman and Zhao (2020) | ||
| Fri, Mar 27 | Discussion | Sarah Sebo | Robot Embodiment | Bainbridge et al. (2011) | |
| Mon, Mar 30 | Discussion | Verbal Behavior: Feedback | Wang et al. (2026) | ||
| Wed, Apr 1 | Lab | Lab 2: Project Team Formation | Submit 1-3 project pitches in this Google Doc | ||
| Fri, Apr 3 | Discussion | Verbal Behavior: Supportive Speech | Gillet et al. (2026) | ||
| Mon, Apr 6 | Discussion | Nonverbal Behavior: Responsive Gestures | Rifinski et al. (2021) | ||
| Wed, Apr 8 | Lab | Lab 3: Robot Programming 1 - Hello Misty | |||
| Fri, Apr 10 | Discussion | Nonverbal Behavior: Object Relationship Gestures | Pan et al. (2026) | ||
| Mon, Apr 13 | Guest Presentation |
Social Dynamics: Trust
Guest Presenter: Adi Manor |
Manor et al. (2026) | ||
| Wed, Apr 15 | Lab | Lab 4: Robot Programming 2 - Wizard of Oz | |||
| Fri, Apr 17 | Discussion | Social Dynamics: Attachment | Zhao (2026) | ||
| Mon, Apr 20 | Discussion | Design: Robot-Assisted Feeding |
Nanavati et al. (2023)
Optional: Nanavati et al. (2025) |
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| Wed, Apr 22 | Lab | Lab 5: Robot Programming 3 - LLM-Based Human-Robot Dialogue | |||
| Fri, Apr 24 | Guest Presentation |
Design: Engaging Strangers
Guest Presenter: Serena Guo |
Guo et al. (2026) | ||
| Mon, Apr 27 | Discussion | Robot Learning: Motion Legibility | Dragan et al. (2013) | ||
| Wed, Apr 29 | Lab | Lab 6: Quantitative Data Analysis | |||
| Fri, May 1 | Discussion | Robot Learning: Expressive Motion Generation | Hielscher et al. (2026) | ||
| Mon, May 4 | Discussion | Ethics & Morality: Children's Perceptions of Robots | Kahn et al. (2012) | ||
| Wed, May 6 | Lab | Lab 7: Qualitative Data Analysis | |||
| Fri, May 8 | Discussion | Ethics & Morality: Blame Judgments for Robots | Komatsu et al. (2021) | ||
| Mon, May 11 | Discussion | Robots in the "Wild": Autonomous Hat Shop Worker | Edirisinghe et al. (2026) | ||
| Wed, May 13 | Lab | Lab 8: Project Work Time | |||
| Fri, May 15 | Discussion | Robots in the "Wild": Robots in Eldercare Facilities | Hu & Šabanović (2026) | ||
| Mon, May 18 | Presentation | Final Project Presentations | |||
| Wed, May 20 | Lab | Lab 9: Project Work Time | |||
| Fri, May 22 | Presentation | Final Project Presentations |
The following table includes the links to the course readings as well as their full bibliographic references.
| Short Reference | Bibliographic Reference |
|---|---|
| Bainbridge et al. (2011) | Bainbridge, W. A., Hart, J. W., Kim, E. S., & Scassellati, B. (2011). The benefits of interactions with physically present robots over video-displayed agents. International Journal of Social Robotics, 3(1), 41-52. |
| Dragan et al. (2013) | Dragan, A. D., Lee, K. C., & Srinivasa, S. S. (2013). Legibility and predictability of robot motion. In Proceedings of the 2013 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (pp. 301-308). IEEE. |
| Edirisinghe et al. (2026) | Edirisinghe, S., Satake, S., & Kanda, T. (2026). Welcome to the Shop! Field Trial of a VLM-Powered Autonomous Shop Worker Robot. In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 934-942). |
| Gillet et al. (2026) | Gillet, S., Zhang, Y., McMillan, D., Salomons, N., & Leite, I. (2026). Opportunities to Talk, Negotiate, and Laugh: Robot Behaviors That Shape Repeated Interactions in Groups of Older Adults. In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 1171-1181). |
| Guo et al. (2026) | Guo, S. G., Yu, J. J., Niu, W., Gao, Y., Hoffman, G., Leshed, G., & Green, K. E. (2026). Robot-Mediated Mutual Gaze: How a Mobile Robot with Actuated Mirrors Facilitates Encounters between Strangers. In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 275-284). |
| Hielscher et al. (2026) | Hielscher, T., Scaparro, F., & Arras, K. O. (2026). Context-Aware Generation and Modulation of Expressive Motion Behavior using Multimodal Foundation Models. In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 438-446). |
| Hoffman and Zhao (2020) | Hoffman, G., & Zhao, X. (2020). A primer for conducting experiments in human-robot interaction. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 10(1), 1-31. |
| Hu & Šabanović (2026) | Hu, N., & Šabanović, S. (2026). Generative Encounters with Robin: Design through Adaptation and Appropriation of a Social Robot in Four Eldercare Facilities. In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 306-315). |
| Kahn et al. (2012) | Kahn Jr, P. H., Kanda, T., Ishiguro, H., Freier, N. G., Severson, R. L., Gill, B. T., ... & Shen, S. (2012). “Robovie, you'll have to go into the closet now”: Children's social and moral relationships with a humanoid robot. Developmental psychology, 48(2), 303. |
| Komatsu et al. (2021) | Komatsu, T., Malle, B. F., & Scheutz, M. (2021). Blaming the reluctant robot: Parallel blame judgments for robots in moral dilemmas across US and Japan. In Proceedings of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 63-72). |
| Manor et al. (2026) | Manor, A., Cohen, D., Keidar, Z., Parush, A., & Erel, H. (2025). Cognitive Trust in HRI: "Pay Attention to Me and I'll Trust You Even if You are Wrong". In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 776-784). |
| Nanavati et al. (2023) | Nanavati, A., Alves-Oliveira, P., Schrenk, T., Gordon, E. K., Cakmak, M., & Srinivasa, S. S. (2023). Design Principles for Robot-Assisted Feeding in Social Contexts. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 24-33). |
| Nanavati et al. (2025) | Nanavati, A., Gordon, E. K., Kessler Faulkner, T. A., Song, Y., Ko, J., Schrenk, T., ... & Srinivasa, S. S. (2025). Lessons Learned from Designing and Evaluating a Robot-Assisted Feeding System for Out-of-Lab Use. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 696-707). |
| Pan et al. (2026) | Pan, X., Doering, M., & Kanda, T. (2026). Communicating Object Relations through Robot Gestures. In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 854-863). |
| Rifinski et al. (2021) | Rifinski, D., Erel, H., Feiner, A., Hoffman, G., & Zuckerman, O. (2021). Human-human-robot interaction: robotic object's responsive gestures improve interpersonal evaluation in human interaction. Human-Computer Interaction, 36(4), 333-359. |
| Wang et al. (2026) | Wang, J., Wang, C., Zarrin, R. S., & Erickson, Z. (2026). Bidirectional Human-Robot Communication for Physical Human-Robot Interaction. In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 572-580). |
| Zhao (2026) | Zhao, Z. (2026). Expensive, Limited, and Still Here: The Paradox of Weak Robots in Family Homes. In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 844-853). |