Human-Centered Robotics and Design Laboratory
H-CORD Lab
The Human-Centered Robotics and Design Laboratory (H-CORD Lab) is positioned primarily within Robotics, with Human-Centered Robotics as its core research field and design, human factors, and human–robot interaction as important interdisciplinary foundations.
We investigate how increasing robot capability, autonomy, and social presence reshape human capability, agency, and roles, and how robotic systems should be designed to support effective, sustainable, and human-compatible collaboration.
Our research is organized around three long-term scientific lines: Human Capability and Skill in Robotic Assistance, Human Oversight and Agency in Autonomous Robots, and Human Role in Multi-party and Multi-stakeholder Robotic Systems.
We prioritize research and validation in two real-world contexts: complex, field, and industrial robotics and assistive and service robotics. The lab values problem-driven interdisciplinary research, robotic system practice, and joint human–system evaluation.
Core Keywords
- Robotics
- Human-Centered Robotics
- Design
- Human Capability
- Human Agency
- Human Role
- Complex, Field, and Industrial Robotics
- Assistive and Service Robotics