Human-Robot Interaction Reading Group
This is a reading group for people who are interested in human-robot interaction. We will explore relevant research in robotics, cognitive science, social psychology, HCI, and other fields.
We meet every Wednesday at 3:00pm in NSH 2609.
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| Date | Speaker | Topic | Reading materials |
Spring 2006 | |||
| Jan 25 | Marek | Interaction as dramatism | Here is "Computers as Theatre", by Brenda Laurel; also see here "A Grammar of Motives", by Kenneth Burke |
| Feb 8 | Rachel and Cristen | HRI practice talks | |
| Feb 15 | Rachel and Aaron P. | HRI practice talks | |
| Feb 22 | Carl/Jodi and posters (Kristen, Bilge, Marek) | HRI practice talks | |
| Mar 8 | Marek | AMC practice talk | |
Spring 2005 | |||
| Jan 21 | Rachel | Emotion in social robots | "Emotions are Social", by Brian Parkinson |
| Feb 4 | Marek | Keepon & Infanoid | "Attention Coupling as a Prerequisite for Social Interaction", by Hideki Kozima et al. |
| Feb 18 | Bilge | Robots that Work in Collaboration with People | "Robots that Work in Collaboration with People", by Guy Hoffman and Cynthia Breazeal |
| Apr 1 | Stephanie | Influence of Embodiment on Emotional Expression | "In Your Face, Robot!", by Bartneck, Reichenbach, and Van Breemen |
| Apr 15 | Kristen | Autistic Children's Attitudes Towards Strangers | "Investigating Autistic Children's Attitudes Towards Strangers with the Theatrical Robot - A New Experimental Paradigm in Human-Robot Interaction Studies", by Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Janek Dubowski. Proc. IEEE Ro-man 2004, 13th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication September 20-22, 2004 Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. |
| Apr 29 (12-1pm) | Carl | Ethics of AIBO as a companion | "March of the Robot Dogs", by Robert Sparrow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australia. |
Spring 2004 | |||
| Jan 12 | Marek | Social robots for the treatment of autism | |
| Jan 26 | Bilge | The emotive doorbell | |
| Feb 9 | Kristen | Paro | |
| Feb 23 | General discussion | Valerie | |
| Mar 22 | Rachel | Communication and Valerie | PowerPoint slides |
| Apr 5 | Alan | AAAI Challenge kick-off | PowerPoint slides |
| Apr 19 | Brennan | Sparky | "Experiences with Sparky, a Social Robot" |
| May 3 | Carl | Papers from CHI | "Active Eye Contact for Human-Robot Communication", "Nodding in Conversations with a Robot" |
Fall 2003 | |||
| Oct 20 | Alan | Human Robot Interaction: Towards Collaboration | "Children and Robots learning to play hide and seek", IJCAI Workshop on Cognitive Modeling of Agents and Multi-Agent Interactions, Aug 2003, "Spatial Language for Human-Robot Dialogs", IEEE Transactions on SMC, Part C, Special issues on Human-Robot Interaction, July 2002, "Spatial Language for Human-Robot Dialogs", A Hybrid Cognitive-Reactive Multi-Agent Controller, IROS 2002, Sept. 2002. |
| Nov 3 | Rachel | Designing appearance and behavior for HRI | "Matching Robot Appearance and Behavior to Tasks to Improve Human-Robot Cooperation", "All Robots Are Not Created Equal: The Design and Perception of Humanoid Robot Heads" |
Possible Future topics
- Cognitive science approaches to understanding social interaction
- Computer vision for tracking people and/or recognizing their behaviors
- Social psychology research on nonverbal communication