A small, white robot with digital eyes and a camera on its head sits on a table in a room with a whiteboard and various items in the background.

TAL Lab Acquires New Misty II Social Robot

As part of an intradepartmental grant provided by the UCF Department of Psychology, The Technology and Aging Lab (TAL) has recently acquired a Misty Robotics Misty II social robot. Over the coming year, this new robot will help the lab advance its research into social presence, robotic companionship, acceptance, and…

A Mars rover, the product of intricate undergraduate research, navigates the rocky Martian landscape under a hazy sky.

TAL Undergraduate Students to Present at FURC.

Technology and Aging Lab (TAL) undergraduate research assistant (RA) Radha Dedeepya Chebolu and post-baccalaureate RA Xeona Villegas will present their research projects at the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC) on February 26th-27th. Although originally planned as an in-person conference at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, FURC will be…