• Stella and Roi
• Research Abstract
• Motivation
• Hapticat Prototype
• The Robot
  • Design Considerations
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Fabrication
• Publications
• Media Coverage
• Acknowledgements

The Touchy Subject of Haptics
Communications of the ACM – January 2011

Rise Of The Helpful Machines
Popular Science – July 2010

Tech For Your Pet
Forbes.com – 23 July 2009

Robô de Pelúcia Responde ao Toque Humano
terr.com.br – 30 May 2008

Creepy or Cute? Robot Creature to Study Touch
CNN.com – 29 May 2008

Robobunny
Nature (Volume 453 Number 7195 Page 575) – 29 May 2008 [doi:10.1038/453575b]

Haptic Creature Aims to Help Humans Interact with Robots
Engadget – 27 May 2008

Haptic Bunny Makes Your Heart Go Hippity-Hop
Gizmodo – 23 May 2008

Strokable Robot Rabbit Talks with Touch
New Scientist (Tech section online) – 22 May 2008

Reach Out and Touch Someone
The Vancouver Sun (Science section) – 9 December 2006

Enhancing Haptics: Tactile Wizardry Advances Technology (“If It Only Had a Heart”)
Synergy: The Journal of UBC Science (Issue 02 Pages 12-13) – 2006

Touchy-Feely Technology Makes a Comeback: ‘Pillow-Creature’ May Help Illuminate the Power of Interactive Touch
The Ubyssey – 25 October 2005

The Purr-fect Touch: Robotic “Cat” Helps Us Understand That “Warm, Fuzzy” Feeling
UBC Reports (Volume 51 Number 10 Page 6) [PDF] – 6 October 2005