News and Activities

2026/07 [New Publication] New Publication in JMIR Aging: Designing Social Robots for Relational Healthy Aging 🚀

We are proud to share our latest research, “The Influence of Robot Facial Expression and Inclusion Behavior on Rapport and Trust in Older Adults: Mixed-Factorial Experimental Study,” recently published...

2026/06 [New Publication] New Publication in Enterprise Information Systems: ECRobot as a multimodal robot tutor for complex problem-solving

Our latest research, titled "Adaptive empathy evaluation: an intelligent social robot tutor with multimodal assessment,” was just published in the journal Enterprise Information Systems!
We are excited...

2026/04 Robotics for Wellbeing: Prof. Yueh Showcases Cross-Cultural Research at Trilateral Symposiums in France

As global societies encounter rapid demographic shifts characterized by population aging, our Lab is at the forefront of developing human-centric technological solutions. From April 26 to April 29, Prof....

2026/03 Bridging Borders and Banishing Bias: Prof. Karolien Poels’ Insightful Week at NTU

Our Lab was honored to host Prof. Karolien Poels from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, from March 30th to April 3rd. The week-long visit marked a pivotal milestone for our NSTC-FWO Joint Mobility...

2026/03 Connecting Theory to Transformation: Lab’s Field Studies in Japan Drive Real-World Impact

In an era where robotic technology often feels disconnected from the human experience, NTU Social Lab is taking bold steps to ensure our research moves beyond the laboratory and into the communities...

NTU Social Lab Wish you a Happy New Year

As we stand at the threshold of 2026, NTU Social Lab (a joint laboratory with HPLab and MMLab) reflects on a transformative year bridging human psychology and technological innovation. Our 2025 retrospective...

2026/01 [New Publication] Breaking the Code of Connection: Why We Use Instant Messaging Differently

In an era where "pinging" someone has replaced the traditional phone call, understanding why we gravitate toward certain apps is more than a matter of tech preference—it is a window into human psychology....

2026/01 [Announcement] Thesis Proposal Presentations

Mr. Liang-Chun Kuo will conduct an oral defense for her thesis proposal, “The Effects of Sustainability Information Cues of Upcycled Foods on Consumers’ Purchase Intention and Willingness to Pay," on...

2025/12 [Award] Forging the Future of AI Ethics: NTU & Tohoku University Joint Project Awarded

We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone for our research team as we close out the year!
Our latest research proposal has been officially awarded the "National Taiwan University (NTU) -...

2025/12 [New Publication] Exclusive Robots Boost Trust in Multiplayer Human Interaction

We are excited to announce that our latest research on social robots has been published in the journal Discover Psychology. Our study investigates the dynamics of social inclusion and exclusion, specifically...

2025/12 [New Publication] From Automation to Cognition: Revolutionizing Library Services for the Elderly with AI Robots

We are pleased to share our lab's latest research paper, From Automation to Cognition: A Contextual Design Approach for Enhancing Elderly Patron Services with Proactive and Memory-aware Robots, recently...

2025/11 DADH 2025: A triumph of teamwork and academic exchange

We are proud to announce the successful conclusion of Taiwan's premier digital humanities event—the 16th International Conference for Digital Archives and Digital Humanities (DADH 2025), held on November...

2025/11 Strengthening Taiwan-Belgium Ties: Advancing Research on Message Design for Food Waste

On November 25th, the Research Center for Digital Humanities at NTU (RCDH) was abuzz with productive dialogue and warm hospitality as we welcomed our FWO-NSTC International Cooperation Project partners...

2025/11 Uniting perspectives from Taiwan, Japan and Belgium to explore new frontiers in AI in Education

To strengthen international academic ties and expand our research horizons, NTU Social Lab hosted a specialized international seminar on the morning of November 23rd at the Research Center of Digital...

2025/10 Prof. Yueh has been appointed as a joint faculty member in ME

Prof. Yueh has been appointed as a joint faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Taiwan University. She will offer interdisciplinary courses such as Social Robotics and...

2025/10 Prof. Yueh has been appointed Convenor of the Applied Science Education Discipline at NSTC

Prof. Yueh has been appointed as the Convenor of Applied Science Education within the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Science and Technology Council. The field of Applied...

2025/09 Living Lab, Ageless Minds: How We are Rewriting the Story of Senior Library Services

We’re excited to share that The Lab and the National Taiwan Library have come together to launch the innovative “NTU-NTL Senior Lab”! This collaborative project was officially introduced on September...

2025/09 When Robots Meet Wisdom: Lab and U-Tsukuba Unite to Transform Libraries into Elderly Care Hubs

On September 22, Lab is pleased to host the 2025 NTU-UTsukuba Symposium on HRI Research for Elderly Wellbeing. This symposium is supported by the Joint Initiatives in Research and Education of 2025 NTU-UGA-UT...

2025/08 Research partners visit Lab and gave talks

On August 12th, Lab and NTU RCDH were pleased to host the 2025 NTU-KU Human-AI Interaction Symposium. We invited our longstanding research partner, Prof. Hiroaki Ogata and his research team from Kyoto...

2025/06 [Announcement] Thesis Defense Presentations

Ms. Sin-Bei Lu will conduct an oral defense for her thesis, “How Augmented Auditory Feedback Assists Visually Impaired Students’ Learning of Spatial Graphs in Geography," on June 18th. Lab members are...

2025/06 [Announcement] Thesis Defense Presentations

Cho-Hsun Lee will conduct an oral defense for his master’s thesis, “Research on the Curriculum and Instruction Design of Regional Revitalization in an Experimental High School.

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2025/05 Lab exhibits our R&D outcome of Social Robots at COMPUTEX 2025

Our Personalized Human-Robot Interaction System for Elderly People, developed by Prof. Yueh and the lab members—including core members Chia-Hsun Lo from Mechanical Engineering, Shih-Han Wang from Social...

2025/04 Prof. Yueh was granted NTU-UGA-UT Trilateral Center Research Project

Prof. Yueh’s research project, “A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Social Robots for Enhancing Well-being and Social Engagement of Older Adults in Public Libraries,” received a research grant from the...

2025/04 Research partners visit NTU RCDH and gave talks

On April 1, Lab and NTU RCDH were pleased to welcome Dr. Christof Schöch, the former president of the International Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), as our distinguished visitor....

2025/03 [Announcement] Thesis Defense Presentations

Cho-Hsun Lee will conduct an oral defense for his thesis proposal, “Action Research on the Implementation of Sustainable Curriculum in Secondary Education” on March 28nd. Lab members are welcome to attend....