The Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation grew out of Good Systems, where Baker has co-led the "Living and Working with Robots" project since 2022.

Good Systems’ Outgoing and Incoming Chairs Reflect on 2025-26 and Look Ahead to 2026-27, the Final Year of the Grand Challenge

Led by UT Austin, the forthcoming Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation will bring together 39 researchers from six universities and multiple industry partners to establish a new science of “human-robot co-adaptation” — how people and robots learn from one another and adjust their behavior over long periods in everyday settings. The center grew from Living and Working With Robots, one of Good Systems' core projects, which helped lay the foundation for the new center through its interdisciplinary, values-driven approach to studying human-robot interaction.

Founding and current chair Ken Fleischmann discusses Good Systems' journey, from its deliberately local roots to a "Good Systems 2.0" the team is currently envisioning.

From wearable sensors that capture children's real-world experiences to guidance on the responsible use of AI, Associate Professor Kaya de Barbaro's work bridges developmental science and emerging technologies. Her two recent studies explore how these new tools can both advance and challenge our understanding of the dynamic social and emotional interactions that shape infant development.

Planet Texas 2050 and the UT Department of Theatre and Dance co-hosted the Seeds of Change Film Festival, a two-day gathering of filmmakers, researchers, artists and community members exploring climate resilience through film.

At the annual Whole Communities–Whole Health Symposium, UT researchers and community partners reflected on what they have learned, how the work has changed and where it might go next.

A year after the deadliest flash flood in modern Texas history, researchers are racing to understand why so many people never got the warning they needed — and how to make sure it doesn't happen again.

A Good Systems team led by Sharon Strover is developing a “People’s Guide to AI” to help UT students and the public navigate AI safely, ethically and transparently in everyday life.

Postdoctoral fellow Oscar Ovanger, a statistician from Norway, contributes to multiple Planet Texas 2050 projects, applying statistical modeling and machine learning to everything from birds to archeology.