Social robots – benefits and concerns they bring to human beings
Social robots – benefits and concerns they bring to human beings CARES researchers showcase some social robots and explain the benefits they bring to us in an interesting...
HRC Feasibility study funding success
HRC Feasibility study funding success Congratulations to CARES Principal Investigators Professor Ngaire Kerse and Dr Andrew McDaid on being successful with HRC funding. Professor Ngaire Kerse will lead a team across FMHS and Engineering on a project which will...
Gibbons Lecture series: Robots everywhere – Robotics in industry and at home
Gibbons Lecture series: Robots everywhere – Robotics in industry and at home CARES researchers Professor Bruce MacDonald, Associate Professor Patrice Delmas and Associate Professor Elizabeth Broadbent are presenting the latest research in robots as part of the Gibbons...
Will robots take away our jobs?
Will robots take away our jobs? No! Don’t panic! CARES Researcher Professor Bruce MacDonald explained why in Big Read: Don’t fear the robots – they’re not coming to devour our jobs http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/ns/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12026751 Photo...
CARES team members co-organised a workshop at HRI2018
CARES team members co-organised a workshop at HRI2018 Dr Ho Seok Ahn co-organised a workshop on social human-robot interaction of human-care service robots at the 13th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2018) on 5 March 2018. The...
CARES Researchers on the cover!
CARES Researchers on the cover! CARES Researchers Professor Bruce MacDonald and Associate Professor Elizabeth Broadbent are on the cover the UniNEWS April 2018. They explained how cute and caring robotic companions can be used in our daily lives. To read the full...
Future technologies for neuro-rehabilitation
Future technologies for neuro-rehabilitation Dr Andrew McDaid recently hosted international robotics and AI experts Dr Arun Jayaraman and Professor Jim Patton, from the number one-ranked rehabilitation hospital in the US – the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. A public lecture...
Companion robots could help rural schools
Companion robots could help rural schools CARES researchers Associate Professor Elizabeth Broadbent and Dr Craig Sutherland featured on TVNZ’s Seven Sharp, discussing robots in the classroom. Our CARES research project explored how companion robots could be useful in...
Liz and robots at schools
Liz and robots at schools Dr Elizabeth Broadbent, Associate Professor in Health Psychology at the University of Auckland, says, “To date, schools have mainly used robotic kits to teach children how to build and program robots. We were interested in how students and...
COPD robot paper published
COPD robot paper published Another great paper has been published. A pilot trial suggests that a homecare robot can improve adherence to medication and increase exercise. While further research is needed with a larger sample size to further investigate effects on...