The Robots with Social Intelligence and Empathy (ROSIE) Lab
We build robots that are useful, friendly and fun! We believe that robots can help us automate simple, repetitive tasks while bringing joy to our lives. We work on 3 main areas:
- Building robots that are useful and interact naturally and seamlessly with humans.
- Developing smart AI software to help robots understand what humans do, think, feel and mean.
- Creating new AI algorithms and implementing models of the human mind based on neuroscience, psychology and developmental science.
About Dr. Angelica Lim
Dr. Angelica Lim is the Director of the Rosie Lab, and an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University. Previously, she led the Emotion and Expressivity teams for the Pepper humanoid robot at SoftBank Robotics. She received her B.Sc. in Computing Science (Artificial Intelligence Specialization) from SFU and a Ph.D. and Masters in Computer Science (Intelligence Science) from Kyoto University, Japan. She has been featured on the BBC, TEDx, hosted a TV documentary on robotics, and was recently featured in Forbes 20 Leading Women in AI.
Passionate about diversity, she is the Director of Invent the Future (AI4ALL) program for Canada, teaches CMPT 120: Introduction to Computing Science and Programming and has developed the SFU Computer Science Teaching Toolkit, with the goal of inspiring people of all backgrounds to pursue Computing Science.
Research
Some of the questions we're trying to uncover include:
- Could a robot understand all the different meanings of a smile?
- How does AI in a robot body differ from non-embodied AI?
- How does context influence what humans and robots can perceive?
Prospective Students
More information can be found at the lab website here.