Overview
At the RAP Lab, our research explores the intersection of technology and human behavior, with a focus on how robotics, AI, and interactive systems can be designed to enhance human experience. Our work spans experimental studies, system design, and applied applications—blending technical innovation with human-centered inquiry. For a more detailed list of publications, feel free to explore the Director’s Google Scholar profile.
Publications
Stay up to date with our latest academic contributions. This section is regularly updated with new peer-reviewed papers, conference proceedings, and collaborative works from our team.
- Saunderson, S., & Nejat, G. (2022). Hybrid hierarchical learning for adaptive persuasion in human-robot interaction. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(2), 5520-5527. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2022.3140813
- Saunderson, S., & Nejat, G. (2022). Investigating strategies for robot persuasion in social human–robot interaction. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 52(1), 641-653. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2020.2987463
- Saunderson, S. P., & Nejat, G. (2021). Persuasive robots should avoid authority: the effects of formal and real authority on persuasion in human-robot interaction. Science Robotics, 6(58). https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.abd5186
- Saunderson, S., & Nejat, G. (2021). Robots asking for favors: the effects of directness and familiarity on persuasive hri. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(2), 1793-1800. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2021.3060369
- Saunderson, S., & Nejat, G. (2019). How robots influence humans: a survey of nonverbal communication in social human–robot interaction. International Journal of Social Robotics, 11(4), 575-608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-019-00523-0
- Saunderson, S., & Nejat, G. (2019). It would make me happy if you used my guess: comparing robot persuasive strategies in social human–robot interaction. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(2), 1707-1714. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2019.2897143
- Lafleche, J., Saunderson, S., & Nejat, G. (2019). Robot cooperative behavior learning using single-shot learning from demonstration and parallel hidden markov models. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(2), 193-200. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2018.2885584
- (2018). Competitive persuasive strategies for social human-robot interactions. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop on Robotic Co-workers 4.0: Human Safety and Comfort in Human-Robot Interactive Social Environments
- Schiff, M., Saunderson, S., Mountian, I., & Hartley, P. (2017). Chronic disease and self-injection: ethnographic investigations into the patient experience during treatment. Rheumatology and Therapy, 4(2), 445-463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40744-017-0080-4
- Babin, R. (2017). The outsourcing governance organization: building a better contract relationship. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3032482
- Schiff, M., Aris, M., Saunderson, S., Mountian, I., & Hartley, P. (2016). Sat0631-hpr chronic disease and self-injection: ethnographic investigations into the patient experience during treatment. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75, 1291-1292. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.1799
- Dudek, G., Giguere, P., Prahacs, C., Saunderson, S., Sattar, J., Torres-Mendez, L., Jenkin, M., German, A., Hogue, A., Ripsman, A., Zacher, J., Milios, E., Liu, H., Zhang, P., Buehler, M., & Georgiades, C. (2007). Aqua: an amphibious autonomous robot. Computer, 40(1), 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2007.6
- Giguere, P., Dudek, G., Prahacs, C., & Saunderson, S. (2006). Environment identification for a running robot using inertial and actuator cues. Robotics: Science and Systems, 2, 271-278.
- Dudek, G., Jenkin, M., Prahacs, C., Hogue, A., Sattar, J., Giguere, P., German, A., Hui Liu,, Saunderson, S., Ripsman, A., Simhon, S., Torres, L., Milios, E., Zhang, P., & Rekletis, I. (2005). A visually guided swimming robot. 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2005.1545231