Press
Press coverage and launch announcements about the Center.

UT Austin-led study will place robots in dorms, hospitals to study human interaction
KXAN (Austin local TV news) coverage of the Center, focused on the HERO Facility Network’s real-world testing sites.

University awarded $30 million to lead robot collaboration center
The Daily Texan’s (UT Austin’s student newspaper) coverage of the Center.

U researchers join NSF center that studies how robots and people learn to work together
The University of Utah’s coverage of the Center, with detail on the Kahlert School of Computing and Psychology faculty involved.
Yale researchers to help lead NSF Center studying how robots and people learn to live and work together
Yale Engineering’s coverage of the Center, with detail on Brian Scassellati and Marynel Vázquez’s roles.

UT To Lead NSF Center That Will Study How Robots and People Learn To Live and Work Together
UT Austin’s own announcement of the Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation — the $30 million, five-year NSF award, the six partner universities, and Joydeep Biswas as director.

NSF launches three new Science and Technology Centers with $90M investment in transformative research
The U.S. National Science Foundation’s own announcement of the three new 2026 Science and Technology Center awards, including the Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation.