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Humans relate to coughing robot How can we make conversational robots more human-like? Dr Elizabeth Broadbent, Associate Professor in Health Psychology at the University of Auckland has been looking in to this, and has found some recent studies that show human...

Bring on the Robots: Earth in 2040 The New Zealand Heralds’ Science Reporter Jamie Morton recently wrote an article looking at how technology will change our lives over the next two decades.  Jamie looks specifically at how our jobs, homes, roads and health will be...

CARES featured in New Zealand Geographic “The Robots Will See You Now”….. The CARES team are featured in New Zealand Geographic’s latest issue. Naomi Arnold came to interview members of our team for this special article which puts a spotlight on how robotics can...

International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017) The Ninth International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017) held in Japan this month, brought together researchers and practitioners working on the interaction between humans and robots and on the...

Congratulations Part IV Engineering students The CARES team would like to congratulate our Part IV Engineering students on the completion of their research projects. The Part IV research project is a learning exercise that allows final year Bachelor of Engineering...

Taiwanese ministerial visit to the Newmarket Innovation Campus Taiwan’s Vice-Minister of Economic Affairs Ms. Mei-Hua Wang led a delegation of 15 Industry and Government high officials on Tuesday 31st October visiting the University of Auckland’s Innovation Campus in...

Stronger ties between Korea and NZ Robotics is bringing New Zealand and Korea closer together. Auckland University’s robotics experts have long-standing Korean partnerships.  On the 13th October Prof Bruce MacDonald and Dr Pau Medrano-Gracia were hosted by Ambassador...

Cute Seal Robots Support Dementia Patients Seal-like robots may play a crucial role in the care of people with dementia across New Zealand.  CARES academic, Associate Professor Elizabeth Broadbent, has led a 12-week study showing that the Paro seal robot “helps...

Calling for a Ban on Killer Robots The founders of 116 robotics and artificial intelligence companies, from across 26 countries, are calling on the UN and governments to ban the use of lethal autonomous weapons. Earlier today, CARES Director, Prof. Bruce MacDonald was...

Welcoming Women & Girls to Software Engineering “We are here to tell you that women deserve a seat at the [engineering and technology] table, and the reasons why.”  Three UOA software engineering experts with 24 years of collective experience teaching software...