Rebuild the lab's public profile

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Summary

Turns the one-line README into the lab's public profile: research, achievements, publications, a press kit and the member list. Members submit their own profiles through a GitHub issue form. Written for people and for coding agents.

What's in it

• README.md:
  • the formal one-liner and the lab at a glance;
  • highlights, in the fact base's allowed wording;
  • current projects and platforms, programs, and the verified contact block.
• research.md:
  • the move from telepresence toward Physical AI and the four message pillars;
  • current projects, platforms and past work, with dates.
• achievements.md: a dated timeline with a source for every row, plus the "never claim" guidance.
• publications.md:
  • VendoBot (HRI 2026) and the award-winning papers;
  • a selected list, in IEEE style, of entries checked against Crossref.
  • Seven lab-website entries don't match the publisher's record; they are listed in the page so the website can be fixed.
• press-kit/:
  • boilerplates in 25, 50 and 100 words;
  • a fact sheet and a director bio template;
  • the official ATR logo pack with usage rules (the Kent State wordmark is not included);
  • photo requirements and a coverage log.
• members/ and .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/member-profile.yml:
  • Members fill in a form. It warns that issues are public, needs two consent boxes ticked, and keeps anyone under 18 out.
  • A maintainer, or an agent, then converts the issue into members/profiles/<name>.md.
  • A ready-to-send message for lab members is in members/README.md.
• AGENTS.md: the repo map, sources of truth, the member-profile procedure and every open item. CLAUDE.md imports it.
• Also: docs CI, the brand header and social preview.
• License: GPL-3.0 is replaced with MIT, as the lab lead asked.

For the reviewer

• License change. Moving from GPL-3.0 to MIT changes the license of text written by Irvin Steve Cardenas, so please confirm it's OK.

• Drafts awaiting the director's approval (press-kit/boilerplates.md, press-kit/director-bio.md):

  • the 22-word one-liner;
  • the 25-, 50- and 100-word boilerplates;
  • the social bio;
  • the director bio.

• Items to confirm:

  • the name, paper and recipients of the World Robot Summit 2021 paper award;
  • the lab's current role in NSF PRIDe;
  • the years and descriptions of the Gesture-Enabled Telepresence Robot and MOVR.

• Contacts to fill:

  • the lab room and phone;
  • a kent.edu program address;
  • the UCM media contact;
  • the canonical LinkedIn page;
  • the giving link.

  The full list is under "Open items" in AGENTS.md.

• UCM review of the ATR mark next to Kent State identity, before the logo pack is used publicly.

How it was checked

• brand_check.py: 0 errors. The warnings are intentional placeholders and GitHub alert markers.
• markdownlint: 0 issues. Relative links and anchors all resolve.
• lychee on every external link: 0 errors.
• The DOIs were checked through Crossref.
• The issue forms validate against GitHub's issue-forms schema.

After merge

1. Create the member-profile label; GitHub doesn't create labels from issue forms.
2. Upload .github/assets/social-preview.png under Settings → Social preview.
3. Send the member message in members/README.md. The form link works only after this merges.

Related PRs: .github · getting-started-atr-lab · dev-guidelines · all-things-ros2

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