Laurel Riek
Professor
Studies human-robot interaction and healthcare robotics, building robots that perceive and adapt to people.
Laurel Riek's lab at UCSD works on human-robot interaction & assistive robots. 32 papers since 2023, 11 at top venues, mostly HRI and CHI. 6 PhD students and 2 master's students. 61 alumni, most often to Amazon and Adobe. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 8/ year
- at T1 venues
- 34%
- PhD students
- 6
- MS students
- 2
- alumni listed
- 61
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 9 papers2026 · T1 4 · collecting
- 5 papers2025 · T1 1
- 12 papers2024 · T1 4
- 6 papers2023 · T1 2
T1 venuesOtherVenues: HRI, CHI, RA-L
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Human-robot interaction & assistive robots29 papers
- human-robot interaction2 papers
- studies human-robot0 papers
- adapt0 papers
- perceive0 papers
Paper list
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20269 papers
- THRICAR-EM: A Synthesis-Based Clinically Assistive Robot System for Emergency Medicine (opens in a new tab)
- In Proceedings of HRI PioneersDesigning Accessible Telepresence Robots for People with Chronic Illnesses
- In Proceedings of the Annual ACM/IEEE Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI). . 🏆 Best Paper Honorable MentionDesigning Care-fully: Robots for Acute Cancer Care (opens in a new tab)
- HRI (T1)Disability Justice in Human-Robot Interaction: Reflections on Paternalism, Autonomy, and Care for More Equitable Futures (opens in a new tab)
- Computers in Human BehaviorHuman-robot action teams: How robot proactivity affects teamwork (opens in a new tab)
- HRI (T1)Human-Robot Teaming in Nursing Simulations: Team Member Communication and Performance Effects
- HRI (T1)Input Matters: How Telepresence Control Devices Affect Performance, Sense of Control, and User Experience (opens in a new tab)
- In Proceedings of HRI PioneersPersonalizing Robot Delivered Cognitive Neurorehabilitation
- HRI (T1)Robots for Care: Exploring Downstream Socio-Ethical Effects and Upstream Interventions (opens in a new tab)
20255 papers
- ACM Transactions on Human Robot Interaction (THRI).Envisioning Telepresence Robots for Long Covid: A Critical Disability Lens (opens in a new tab)
- In Teams in AI, Eds., Susannah Paletz and Samantha Dubrow. Emerald. In pressHuman-Robot Action Teams: How Proactive Robots Can Support Team Goals
- In Proceedings of the Annual ACM/IEEE Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI).PODER: A robot programming framework to further inclusion of people with mild cognitive impairment in HRI research (opens in a new tab)
- ACM Transactions on Human Robot Interaction (THRI).Robot characters: Co-designing dynamic personalities for cognitively assistive robots (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)The Future is Rosie? Disempowering arguments about automation and what to about it (opens in a new tab)
202412 papers
- SS4HRIAnalysis of Social Signals in Human-Robot Action Teams (opens in a new tab)
- In Proceedings of the Annual ACM/IEEE Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI). . 🏆 Best Paper Honorable MentionCARMEN: A Cognitively Assistive Robot for Personalized Neurorehabilitation at Home (opens in a new tab)
- HRI (T1)Envisioning Mobile Telemanipulator Robots for Long Covid (opens in a new tab)
- HRI (T1)GARRY: The Gait Rehabilitation Robotic System (opens in a new tab)
- RO-MANHuman-Robot Action Teams: A Behavioral Analysis of Team Dynamics (opens in a new tab)
- HRI (T1)Human-Robot Action Teams: How Robots Can Be Proactive Teammates (opens in a new tab)
- Computers in Human BehaviorPrivacy and Utility Perceptions of Social Robots in Healthcare (opens in a new tab)
- RCARReal-Time Person Re-Identification to Improve Human-Robot Interaction
- HRI (T1)Social Robots in Healthcare: Characterizing Privacy Considerations (opens in a new tab)
- In HRI PioneersTelepresence Robots for Dynamic, Safety-Critical Environments (opens in a new tab)
- A3DEThe Problem of Ableist Paternalism in Assistive Robotics (opens in a new tab)
- A3DEWhat a healthcare worker wants, what a disabled person needs: Exploring stakeholder design tensions in assistive robotics (opens in a new tab)
20236 papers
- ACM Transactions on Human Robot Interaction (THRI).Designing Robots for Aging: Wisdom as a Critical Lens (opens in a new tab)
- HRI (T1)Get SMART: Collaborative Goal Setting with Cognitively Assistive Robots (opens in a new tab)
- The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, 16(2), p.67. [pdfPromoting Access in a Mexican-American Museum during the Pandemic: Online Community Events and Robots (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LRobot Navigation in Risky, Crowded Environments: Understanding Human Preferences (opens in a new tab)
- HRI (T1)Robot, Uninterrupted: Telemedical Robots to Mitigate Care Disruption (opens in a new tab)
- ACM Transactions on Human Robot Interaction (THRI), .The power of robot-mediated play: Forming friendships and expressing identity
Where alumni went61 listed, 61% to industry
Industry 22Academia 14
Most often to
- Amazon
- Adobe
- Agility Robotics
Also to
- EPFL
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Cornell University
Apply to UCSDFall 2027
UCSD CSE Computer Science PhD
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