Rayna Hata

I am a Ph.D. student at The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University focusing on Accessbility and Human-Robot Interactions (HRI). I am advised by Professor Aaron Steinfeld and am part of the Transportation, Bots, and Disability Lab.

I graduated from Colby College in 2023 with a B.A. in Computer Science and Japanese. At Colby, I worked under Professor Stacy Doore on robotic guide dogs for the blind. Outside of academics, I was on the varsity swim team and the club rugby team.

You can contact me at rhata@andrew.cmu.edu.