Vaibhav Unhelkar - Training Humans to Use Robots

Talking Robotics #85 Speaker Vaibhav Unhelkar Title Training Humans to Use Robots Speaker Bio Vaibhav Unhelkar is an Assistant Professor at Rice University, where he leads the Human-Centered AI & Robotics group. His work spans the development of robotic assistants, intelligent tutors, and decision-support systems aimed at enhancing human performance in domains ranging from healthcare to disaster response. Underpinning these systems are Unhelkar’s contributions to imitation learning and explainable AI, designed to train robots, humans, and human-AI teams. He earned his Ph.D. in Autonomous Systems from MIT in 2020 and completed his undergraduate studies at IIT Bombay in 2012. Unhelkar is actively engaged in the AI and robotics research communities, serving on the editorial board of robotics and AI conferences. His research and service have been recognized with awards from the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), among others. Speaker Links: [provided by the speaker] Personal Website: https://unhelkar.github.io Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?... Chapters 00:00 Presenter Introduction 01:16 Presentation 39:41 Q&A 54:40 End Talking Robotics is a series of virtual seminars about Robotics and its interaction with other relevant fields, such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Design Research, Human-Robot Interaction, among others. We aim to promote reflections, dialogues, and a place to network. Organized by Silvia Tulli, Riddhiman Laha, Nitin Ragothaman, Niveditha Kalavakonda, Yuhe Gong and Marine Chamoux. Email: talkingrobotics at gmail dot com Web Page: https://talking-robotics.github.io Twitter: @talkingrobotics