Forcepad Controlled Puppet
Technology in Rural and Remote Environments
Visualization and Navigation for Off-Screen Objects
Style by Demonstration (2013)
  • Would You Do as a Robot Commands?
  • CrashAlert provides peripheral information while texting-and-walking
  • A Touchscreen Interface for Controlling a Robotic Arm
  • Adaptive Brain User Interface in Web-Capable Applications
  • The Roomba Mood Ring: An Ambient-Display Robot (2012)
  • Gendered Perceptions of Interactive Robots
  • Affective Flying-Robot Motions via the Laban Effort System
  • A Dog Tail for Robots
  • Work Practices and Tool Use of Expert Mathematicians (2013)
  • Style by Demonstration (2013)
  • Visualization and Navigation for Off-Screen Objects
  • Technology in Rural and Remote Environments
  • Explanations in Intelligent Interactive Systems
  • Forcepad Controlled Puppet
  • How to Walk a Robot (2011)
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Students and professors working in the lab are committed to exploring new and innovative research areas in human-computer interaction.


We are currently carrying out research in a number of a different fields including:

  • Large interactive surfaces and displays

  • Mobile devices

  • Human-robot interaction

  • Software complexity and learnability

  • Visual analytics

  • Intelligent interactive systems

  • Novel input devices

  • Several other areas of HCI research

News & Announcements

April 23, 2013 | Launch of new website for HCI lab

The new website for HCI lab has been launched. Please visit this website to learn about the people, research, projects and all the latest news about the HCI lab.

April 15, 2013 | CrashAlert in the MIT Tech Review

CrashAlert was covered by the MIT Tech Review. Click here for details.

October 10, 2012 | First Place in People Choice Category at UIST 2012

Jedi (puppet) Masters won first place in the People Choice category at the UIST 2012 student competition. Congratulations to all team members!!!

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