The Robotics Labs' research using telepresence and wheelchair robots is featured in UMass Lowell's eNews.

“Our research will develop and evaluate an intelligent robot capable of being genuinely useful to a human and capable of natural dialog with a human about their shared navigation task,” says Yanco. “In particular, the robots will be able to ask for directions and clarifications to those directions.”

Read more at: http://www.uml.edu/Media/eNews/Yanco_NSF_grant.html