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Happy 10th Birthday to the Labs! Read all about our work in Kenya. This project is rooted in deep collaboration with the Ogiek - [Undergraduate Research Assistants](https://combotlabs.org/undergraduate-research-assistants/) - Undergraduate Research Assistants Undergraduate Research Assistants Meet COMBOTLABS’ undergraduate research assistants contributing to cutting-edge studies in robotics, AI, and human-machine communication through active, hands-on involvement. Brianna J Pruitt Central Michigan University Lee Petterson Central Michigan University Natalie Levans Central Michigan University - [About](https://combotlabs.org/about/) - Communication and Social Robotics Labs Create | Discover | Connect About the Labs About the Labs The Communication and Social Robotics Labs are a research collaborative between faculty in the School of Communication at Western Michigan University and faculty in the Nicholson School of Communication at the University of Central Florida. The labs examine human-robot - [Lab Measures](https://combotlabs.org/lab-measures/) - Communication and Social Robotics Labs Create | Discover | Connect Lab Measures Social Distance Scale A Common Social Distance Scale for​Robots and Humans For Scoring and Scale Properties see: J. Banks and A. Edwards, “A Common Social Distance Scale for Robots and Humans,” 2019 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), New Delhi, - [Publications](https://combotlabs.org/publication/) - Communication and Social Robotics Labs Create | Discover | Connect Publications 2026 Abrams, A. M. H., Nießen, I. L., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. M. (2026). Entitativity of social groups including robots. In HRI Companion ’26: Companion Proceedings of the 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 660–664). https://doi.org/10.1145/3776734.3794478 Beattie, A. 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