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Patrícia Alves-Oliveira

Director of Robot Studio
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Robotics

Meta Advisory Board on Critical Issues for AI

Academic Guest at ETH Zürich

Research Advisor at Open Style Lab

Affiliated Faculty at MIDAS and ESC

I research how humans connect with robots, and how robots influence human relations. I combine artificial intelligence, psychology, and design to understand how to build robots that people love. I collaborate with experts from Fine Arts, Medicine, and Humanities.

Active Members

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Jacqueline Borgstedt

Post-Doc, Social Brain Sciences Group
ETH Zürich
Joined: Winter 2026
Project: AURA

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Long-Jing Hsu

Post-Doc, The Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society
University of Michigan
Joined: Fall 2025
Project: Resilience

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Ryssa Moffat

Post-Doc, Social Brain Sciences Group
ETH Zürich
Joined: Winter 2026
Project: AURA

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Atharva S. Kashyap

Ph.D., Robotics
University of Michigan
Joined: Fall 2024
Project: Delicious

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Connor Williams

Ph.D., Robotics
University of Michigan
Joined: Winter 2024
Project: Horizon

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Grace Pan

Ph.D., Robotics
University of Michigan
Joined: Fall 2024
Project: Sprout, Vista, Panda, Futures, Touch

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Jessica Tingley

Ph.D., Robotics
University of Michigan
Joined: Fall 2026
Project: AURA

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Josue Torres-Fonseca

Ph.D., University of Michigan
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Joined: Spring 2026
Project: Resilience
Role: Co-researcher, developer

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Cheryl Fang

Masters, Computer Graphics Tech
Purdue University
Joined: Fall 2025
Project: Futures

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Elijah Cantu

Masters, Information
University of Michigan
Joined: Fall 2024
Project: RELATE, AURA, SPROUT

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Jaein Cha

Masters, Robotics
University of Michigan
Joined: Fall 2026
Project: Sprout

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Ted Ivanac

Masters, Robotics
University of Michigan
Joined: Winter 2026
Project: Delicious

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Hana Ichikawa

Undergrad, Art & Design
University of Michigan
Joined: Fall 2024
Project: AURA

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Minie Xu

Undergrad, BCN & Cognitive Science
University of Michigan
Joined: Fall 2026
Project: Resilience, Scent

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Rishad Hasan

Undergrad, Robotics
University of Michigan
Joined: Fall 2024
Project: AURA

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Selena Zou

Undergrad, Architecture and Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
Joined: Fall 2026
Project: Delicious

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Trey Davis

Undergrad, Robotics
University of Michigan
Joined: Summer 2024
Project: Droodles

Collaborators

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Abhishek Narula

Full Stack Engineer
Robotics
University of Michigan

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Anastasia Kouvaras Ostrowski

Assistant Professor
Computer Graphics Tech
Purdue University

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Anson Kairys

Clinical Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
University of Michigan

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Emily Cross

Full Professor
Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences
ETH Zürich

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Jim Cogswell

Full Professor
STAMPS School of Art & Design
University of Michigan

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Joyce Chai

Full Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
University of Michigan

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Leia Stirling

Full Professor
Industrial and Operations Engineering
University of Michigan

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Mark Draelos

Assistant Professor
Robotics
University of Michigan

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Nita Valikodath

Clinical Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Michigan

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Peter Kahn

Full Professor
Psychology
University of Washington

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Robert Riener

Full Professor
Department of Health Sciences and Technology
ETH Zürich

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Siddhartha Srinivasa

Full Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington

Previous Members

Emily Wu → Forterra • Project: AURA (W24-W25) •

Tianxin (Jessica) Li → UMTRI • Project: AURA (W24-W26) •

Erfun Ackley • Project: DROODLES (S24-W25) •

Jiali Zheng • Project: RELATE (S24-W25) •

Zhixuan Chen → Amazon • Project: RELATE (S24-F24) •

Aleena Qaiser • Project: FUTURES (F24-W25) •

Angshu Adhya → Google • Project: AURA (F24-W26) •

Cindy Yang • Project: AURA (F24-W26) •

Guan-Ling Chen • Project: FUTURES (F24-W25) •

Ilkyaz Sarimehmetoglu → MIT • Project: VISTA (F24-W25) •

Jeffrey Qiu • Project: VISTA (F24-W25) •

Myles Avalon • Project: FASHION (F24-W25) •

David Ho → University of Michigan • Project: AURA (W25) •

Gurnoor Kaur → Amazon Robotics • Project: TOUCH, DELICIOUS (W25-F25) •

Longzhen Yuan • Project: AURA (W25-F25) •

Mrunmayee “MJ” Jere → Walmart Global Tech • Project: AURA (W25-F25) •

Eric Chen → Saronic Technologies • Project: AURA (S25-W26) •

Francesca Cocchella • Project: AURA (S25) •

Nilay Roy Choudhury • Project: AURA (S25) •

Ugnė Aleksandra Morkutė → NYU • Project: DELICIOUS (S25) •

Angela Yixuan Zhu → JHU • Project: AURA (F25-W26) •

Erin Roberts → Barton Malow • Project: AURA (F25-W26) •

Malavika Anand • Project: AURA (F25-W26) •

Qingru Yang • Project: VISTA (F25) •

Tetsu Kurumisawa • Project: AURA (F25-W26) •

Maël Le Bras • Project: AURA (W26-S26) •

Sneha Venkat • Project: RESILIENCE (W26) •