The Healthcare Robotics Lab at UC San Diego is led by Dr. Laurel Riek and explores the computational, engineering, and socio-technical aspects of human-robot teaming in safety-critical, dynamic, complex environments, including hospitals and homes.
Our recent work focuses on designing new methods to support how robots can personalize their behavior with co-located humans by exploring new research directions in perception, coordination dynamics, and long term learning. Our primary focus area is healthcare, with recent work in neurorehabilitation, dementia caregiving, emergency medicine, and telemedicine. We are committed to supporting health equity by teaming with community partners to researching upstream health interventions.