Institute for Humane Robotics

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01 — Research

Published research.

Accepted · IEEE

Upcoming release

Our proposal has been accepted for a new IEEE standard.

The Institute's work on psychosocial safety and relational trust for robots in homes and care settings, connected to our IEEE P7027 standards effort. Full text and citation publish here on release.

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Founders’ published research

Empathy from dissimilarity: multivariate pattern analysis of neural activity during observation of somatosensory experience

Lulla, Christov-Moore, Vaccaro, Reggente, Iacoboni, Kaplan · Imaging Neuroscience, 2024

Keep making that face and it will stay that way: cross-cohort prediction of empathy from task-relevant connectivity in task-free data

Reggente, Lulla, Durinski, Kaplan, Iacoboni, Christov-Moore · NeuroImaging, 2026

Working memory and emotion regulation: overlapping neural mechanisms

Horner, Lulla, Wu, … Greening · Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience

Preventive programs in support of socially and emotionally intelligent usage of technology

Filipčić · University of Zagreb, 2021 — the research Be Human(e) was founded on

Web3 & DAOs: an overview of the development and possibilities for implementation in research and education

Filipčić et al. · MIPRO 2022, 2022

Roshni on Google Scholar →Sara on ResearchGate →

02 — Events

Where we’ll be.

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Publication
Upcoming
New IEEE standard
Our accepted proposal proceeds toward a new IEEE standard. Date TBA.
About the standard →

Past events

Humanoids Summit Seoul
Sep 22, 2026
Event details →
The Empathy Gap
Cognitive Security Institute · Sep 9, 2026
Recording (coming soon)
MACHINA Summit
Paris · Sara Filipčić & Roshni Lulla, speakers
Speakers pageLinkedIn post [URL needed]
Humanoids Summit Tokyo
Tokyo · Talk recording
Podcast: China draws the line on AI love
London AI Hub
London · Appearance
LinkedIn post

03 — Catch us in

Talks, panels, and features.

Sep 9, 2026

The Empathy Gap: Cognitive Security in Human-Robot Interaction — Cognitive Security Institute

Recording coming soon · Sep 9, 2026

04 — Journal

Writing from the team.

Published on Substack

Sara Filipčić
Founder & Executive Director
Roshni Lulla, PhD
Co-Founder & Head of Research

Get in touch.

Connect with our team to explore collaboration opportunities or learn more about our initiatives.

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