Publications (5)
The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept Study Final Report
B. Scott Gaudi, Sara Seager, Bertrand Mennesson +183
The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory, or HabEx, has been designed to be the Great Observatory of the 2030s. For the first time in human history, technologies have matured sufficient…
I don't Want You to Die: A Shared Responsibility Framework for Safeguarding Child-Robot Companionship
Fan Yang, Renkai Ma, Yaxin Hu +2
Social robots like Moxie are designed to form strong emotional bonds with children, but their abrupt discontinuation can cause significant struggles and distress to children. When…
Beyond the Uncanny Valley: A Mixed-Method Investigation of Anthropomorphism in Protective Responses to Robot Abuse
Fan Yang, Lingyao Li, Yaxin Hu +2
Robots with anthropomorphic features are increasingly shaping how humans perceive and morally engage with them. Our research investigates how different levels of anthropomorphism i…
The Galaxy Evolution Probe
Jason Glenn, Charles M. Bradford, Erik Rosolowsky +21
The Galaxy Evolution Probe (GEP) is a concept for a mid- and far-infrared space observatory to measure key properties of large samples of galaxies with large and unbiased surveys.…
FISICA: The Florida Image Slicer for Infrared Cosmology & Astrophysics
Stephen Eikenberry, S. Nicholas Raines, Nicolas Gruel +12
We report on the design, fabrication, and on-sky performance of the Florida Image Slicer for Infrared Cosmology and Astrophysics (FISICA)- a fully-cryogenic all-reflective image-sl…