This $173,277 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports research to design social skills for robots to better collaborate with groups of people. The University of Chicago, the award recipient, will develop three specific robot social skills: building rapport with groups, adapting to human-human relationships, and promoting group norms. The research team will test the effectiveness of these social skills through laboratory studies with adult groups and a real-world evaluation with 3rd-5th grade students in elementary school classrooms. The goal is to enable robots to have more effective communication and collaboration within group settings, which can improve outcomes in applications such as tutoring, teamwork, and elder care. The project will run from July 2024 through June 2029.
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