University of Southern California — Robotics & AI
Known for socially assistive robotics — robots that help autistic children, stroke patients, and elderly people through social interaction. A world leader in HRI for healthcare.
Notable achievements
Autistic children therapy robots, post-stroke rehabilitation robots, eldercare companion robots, Maja Matarić's groundbreaking HRI work.
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
An efficient occlusion-aware visibility assurance method for multi-robot vision-integrated manufacturing
Donglai Zhu, Danfeng Sun, Junjie Hu +3 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2026
Copilot: A framework for integrating LLM and BMI to enhance human–robot interaction
Siyu Liu, Mengzhen Liu, Zhiyuan Ming +6 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2026
Artificial pushing adaptive coordinated control for the human-exoskeleton-walker system
Xinhao Zhang, Chen Yang, Chaobin Zou +4 more
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
Safety-Critical Adaptive Impedance Control via Nonsmooth Control Barrier Functions under State and Input Constraints
Faisal Lawan, Xiaoran Han, Joaquin Carrasco +2 more
2026
Manipulating Tangible Virtual Object Dynamics to Promote Learning of Precision Force Generation
Alberto Garzás-Villar, Alba Riera-Cardona, Alexis Derumigny +3 more
2026
Passivity-based Semi-autonomous Rotational Motion Navigation for Rigid-body Networks: Stability and Human Passivity Analysis
Reiji Terunuma, Yuta Nakamura, Takeshi Hatanaka
2026