People and Robot
Collaborative Systems Lab

We study how robots can work with other robots and intelligent systems to provide meaningful services to people in real world settings through a combination of design research, behavioral studies, and technical advancements.

Selected Research Projects

An example of person transfer, showing the research contributions — (1) taxonomy of interaction, (2) robot joining strategy, and (3) communication between robots.
Sequential Human Interaction with Multiple-Robots

Designing how people interact, one after another, with multiple robots that hand off tasks between them.

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Our device in a plastic pantry shelf. In the middle is our device - a screen in a 3D printed case.
At Home Technologies to Assist Older Adults Aging In Place

Building and deploying technologies to help older adults age in place.

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Two robots collaborating together to steer a pot.
Algorithms and Systems in Multi-Robot Human-Robot Interaction

Building algorithms to support Multi-Robot Human-Robot Interaction

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Shows a hello robot stretch with one brain connecting to the head and one brain connecting to the arm.
Human Perception of Multi-Robot Systems

Investigate how multi-robot system can present themselves to users.

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News

Aug 2026
Our paper was accepted to ISRR 2026. This paper examines how a second robot should join an assistive arm to help it complete bi-manual tasks.
Aug 2026
Awarded an NSF grant to run an REU Site about AI & Robotics at Home at Northeastern for the next 3 years! Thank you to my co-PI, Ariel Hamlin and faculty members in our college who contributed projects. Can’t wait to post more information here soon.
June 2026
Hosting 2 local high school students in our lab over the summer as part of Northeastern’s Young Scholar Program.
June 2026
Reveived hardware support from NVIDIA as part NVIDIA Academic Grant Program. The GPUs will help move our robots to run on edge/local models.