Tomorrow, the RIO group Seminar Series prepares itself for a Canadian Invasion (cf. David Wright, 2021) with 3 talks from Jack Solomon a PhD student LBRF, Beverley Larssen a PhD student University of British Columbia, and Devyani McLaren a PhD student @UBC_BrainLab. Talks start at 2:30pm UK time!

we got some holiday vibes going with our cuddle bots aka CHORAs! #affectivehaptics #spinlab UBC Computer Science

Hey hey! I'll be at #UIST2024 to present 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗔𝗥 ☺️ CookAR is an AI-powered wearable AR prototype that augments kitchen tool affordances in near real-time for low vision users, enabling safer and more efficient tool interactions. (1/6)

Hello ACM UIST ! Come check out our demo (tonight) and paper presentation (Tues) to see what our novel shear sensor has already told us about affective touch. Presenting alongside Jian Gao #UIST2024 youtu.be/rSG6I3IIdXU?si…

Check out our work on ShearSense at #UIST2024 We demonstrate interplay between shear, pressure, and individuality evaluating affective touch on a soft capacitive sensor. Not at UIST this year but my amazing colleagues are. Go say hi to Devyani McLaren Jian Gao ✨#affectivehaptics

University of British Columbia UBC Computer Science If you are a researcher in #affectivehaptics #affectivesensing designing and building #softtouchsensors or are interested in getting into the field, the paper has so many resources! Go check it out: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36…

All setup! Check out our #UIST2024 demo and learn what our sensor has taught us about affective touch. We’re on the first floor (by the food) so grab a snack and come chat! 🥨 #UBC UBC Computer Science #affectivehaptics #haptics

Thanks to everyone who saw our demo at #UIST2024. Come see Jian Gao and myself present in Allegheny 1, Bodily Signals, and learn what affective touch is made of! 11:15pm, Tues Oct 14th. #UISTChallenge

Can you spot me? (Hint: I can’t even spot myself but I’m somewhere in the back right)

3 years since Jian Gao, myself and many others began this project. We finally presented to #UIST2024 I’m very excited to continue this work and model emotions from shear and pressure data captured by our novel sensor. #affective #haptics #softsensors #HRI

Proud to present our work at #UIST2024 on soft flexible shear stress sensor array + gesture recognition for affective touch analysis (doi.org/10.1145/365477…) in Pittsburgh 🇺🇸! Also a joy to be on the photographer team 📸. Thanks to my mentors and colleagues UBC Computer Science & UBC Electrical & Computer Engineering