Simran Bhatia

Finally our robot embodiment paper is out! LOTS of teens shared their stressors with @RobotEMAR in #VR, on a computer, and physically present. Guess which embodiment they preferred for this activity? authors.elsevier.com/a/1ce2V7t9Un%7… @ProjectEMAR @HonsonLing @jeffmatarrese @sim18ran

Go Team EMAR! @sim18ran is doing a wonderful job presenting our new mixed-methods #stress paper at #ICSR2020 ! This @ProjectEMAR paper is the result of a few long nights of analysis and hardworking students @HonsonLing link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Last summer we explored a virtual version of @robotemar with #teens. Participants designed their own virtual EMAR environments with researchers @sim18ran @TanyaBudhiraja1 @elinbjorling! Read more in our blog: sites.uw.edu/emar/2020/11/1… #STEM #robotics #UW #stress #teenmentalhealth

Under quarantine, Project EMAR researchers @elinbjorling @p_alvesoliveira @mayacakmak explored teens designing their own at-home EMAR social robots. Visit our blog to read more! sites.uw.edu/emar/2020/10/2… #STEM #robotics #covid #UW #teens #stress #teenmentalhealth #hcde

Facebook is going to start requiring a Facebook account in order to use their VR headsets. They're sunsetting separate Oculus accounts in 2023, & new users will have to use their Facebook account starting in October 2020. New privacy policy coming in Oct. oculus.com/blog/a-single-…

Thank you @elinbjorling and @ProjectEMAR for the beautiful robot themed mask 🙌 this is going to make outdoors a lil more robot-y