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Elizabeth Croft

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Innovation, Equity, & The Future of Prosperity

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Elizabeth is recognised internationally as an expert in the field of human-robot interaction. Her work advances the design of intelligent controllers and interaction methods that underpin how people and autonomous, collaborative systems can work together in a safe, predictable, and helpful manner.

Awards

  • Fellow, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, 2021
  • R A McLachlan Award (Peak Award), Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia, 2018
  • Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineers, 2016
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2009

Relevant Publications

  • Haddadin, S., & Croft, E. A. (2016). Physical Human-Robot Interaction. In B. Siciliano & O. Khatib (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Robotics (2nd ed., pp. 1835–1874). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32552-1
  • Bartneck, C., Kulić, D., Croft, E., & Zoghbi, S. (2009). Measurement Instruments for the Anthropomorphism, Animacy, Likeability, Perceived Intelligence, and Perceived Safety of Robots. International Journal of Social Robotics, 1(1), 71–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-008-0001-3
  • Hall, W., Schmader, T., Aday, A., & Croft, E. (2019). Decoding the Dynamics of Social Identity Threat in the Workplace: A Within-Person Analysis of Women’s and Men’s Interactions in STEM. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(4), 542–552. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618772582

Institution

University of Victoria

Department

Mechanical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering; Vice President Academic

Education

  • PhD (Mechanical Engineering), University of Toronto
  • MASc (Mechanical Engineering), University of Waterloo
  • BASc (Hons) (Mechanical Engineering), University of British Columbia

Country

Canada

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