NYC PIT Pop-Up Day 8! 11/03/25 - Raj Korpan & The TIER Lab Live Demo

At the Trustworthy, Intelligent, and Explainable Robotics (TIER) Lab, our mission is to develop robots for social good. We aim to design and develop robotic systems that not only intelligent and robust but also trustworthy, transparent, ethical, and inclusive.

Our research is at the intersection of artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction, machine learning, robotics, cognitive science, and ethics. The TIER lab was founded in September 2023 at Hunter College, CUNY.

Research Areas:

Human-Robot Interaction (HRI): Designing robots that can navigate crowded human environments, communicate decisions, and build trust with users.
Explainable AI & Robotics: Developing systems that can provide clear, natural language explanations for their actions, fostering user understanding and accountability.
Cognitive Models & Decision-Making: Drawing inspiration from human cognition to design adaptive robot navigation and planning systems.
Multi-Objective & Multi-Agent Planning: Using voting-based algorithms from social choice theory to enable fair, efficient group decision-making in robot teams.
Ethics, Diversity & Inclusion in AI: Investigating how AI and robotics impact marginalized communities and creating participatory, justice-oriented design methods.
Queer-Inclusive Robotics: Exploring how robotic companions and systems can better serve LGBTQ+ communities.
The TIER Lab’s current projects span social robot navigation, multi-robot coordination, foundation models for robotics, bias detection in large language model-powered robots, trust in robotics, and queer-inclusive design.

Presented by Raj Korpan, Director of TIER Lab, CUNY Hunter College.

Visit their website! - https://tierlab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/r...

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