Message posted on 13/01/2020
CfP HRI Workshop “The Forgotten in HRI: Incidental Encounters with Robots in Public Spaces”
HRI Workshop The Forgotten in HRI: Incidental Encounters with Robots in <br>Public Spaces - Call for Papers <br>Monday, March 23, 2020 <br> <br>Workshop at the 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot <br>Interaction, on March 23rd 2020 in <br>Cambridge <br> <br>Website: <br>https://www.itec.rwth-aachen.de/cms/ITEC/Der-Lehrstuhl/Veranstaltungen/~ewbeb <br>/HRI-Workshop/?lidx=1 <br> <br>Important Dates <br>January 31, 2020 <br> <br>Submission deadline for workshop papers <br> <br>February 22, 2020 <br> <br>Notification of acceptance <br> <br>March 23, 2020 <br> <br>Workshop <br> <br> <br>Scope <br> <br>HRI research has predominantly focused on laboratory studies, producing a <br>fundamental understanding of how humans interact with robots in controlled <br>settings. As robots transition out of research and development labs into the <br>real world, HRI research must adapt. We argue that it should widen its scope <br>to explicitly include people who do not deliberately seek an interaction with <br>a robot (users) but find themselves in coincidental presence with robots. We <br>refer to this often-forgotten group as InCoPs (incidentally copresent <br>persons). In this one-day workshop, we aim to explore studies, design <br>approaches, and methodologies for testing robots in real-world environments, <br>considering both users and InCoPs. The first part of the workshop will consist <br>of invited talks addressing the subject from different angles, followed by <br>plenary discussions. Building upon this common basis, participants will then <br>work in small groups to explore (a) human behavior found in empirical studies, <br>(b) robot and interaction design and (c) methodology, respectively. This group <br>phase in the second half of the day will focus on the exemplary scenario of <br>delivery robots in urban environments. At the end, key aspects across all <br>three topics will be identified and discussed to map out research needs and <br>desirable next steps in the field. <br> <br>Workshop Format and Schedule <br> <br>The first part of this full-day workshop will include of invited talks as well <br>as 10 minute presentations based on submitted papers with 5 minutes of <br>discussion. <br> <br>Invited speakers: <br> <br> * Dr. Astrid Weiss, Technical University Vienna: "Bystanders as informants <br>for HRI in public space" <br> * Dr. Dylan James Moore, Stanford University: "The Design of Implicit <br>Pedestrian-Autonomous Vehicle Interactions". <br> <br>In the second part of the workshop, a delivery robot will be introduced by the <br>workshop hosts via a brief video as a common example for the work phase. <br>Groups of up to 10 people will focus on the following topics: <br> <br> 1. Human behavior What types of behaviors have been observed or are to be <br>expected from InCoPs when encountering a robot? <br> 2. Design How to design for InCoPs? How is it different from designing <br>for a user? <br> 3. Methodology How to study the behavior and experience of InCoPs in the <br>real world? <br> <br>Accompanied by a moderator from the team of workshop organizers, participants <br>will share and discuss ideas and lessons learned from their own background. <br>Beyond the exchange of experiences, each group will include societal and <br>ethical issues as well as what they consider needs for action. The workshop <br>will conclude with each group presenting their ideas developed in the work <br>phase and discussing them in plenary. <br> <br>Targeted Audience <br> <br>We invite participants from all fields in HRI who are concerned with bringing <br>robots into the real world. We would like to represent the diversity of fields <br>in HRI in our workshop to gather innovative ideas and have fruitful <br>discussions. However, we will especially focus on scenarios of coincidental <br>human-robot encounters in the wild and welcome participants designing for and <br>studying these encounters. <br> <br>Submissions <br> <br>Submissions can range from technical navigation and control topics that <br>explicitly considered InCoPs over designing robots and their interaction with <br>humans, psychological theories and empirical field studies of robots, to <br>ethical and societal issues with robots in wild. We welcome theoretical papers <br>and position papers as well as empirical studies and design and development <br>concepts of 4 pages maximum in PDF format following the proceeding <br>specifications of LBRs to Astrid Rosenthal-von der <br>Ptten until January 31, 2020. <br> <br>Submissions will be peer-reviewed by February 22nd and accepted authors will <br>be asked to give a 10 minute presentation. <br> <br>The following topics are exemplary: <br> <br> 1. Human behavior, e.g., verbal and nonverbal behavior (e.g. to negotiate <br>the right of way), explorative behavior, robot abuse or robot bullying, <br>attempted thefts, etc. <br> 2. Design, e.g., approaches to approximating the very diverse group of <br>InCoPs, approaches to testing and validating robot design in the wild, etc. <br> 3. Methodology, e.g., the role of field studies and exploratory studies, <br>the use of qualitative data and mixed methods; potentials and limits of covert <br>observation studies, etc. <br> <br>Organizers <br> <br>Astrid Rosenthal-von der Ptten, Chair Individual and Technology at RWTH <br>Aachen University. <br>arvdp@humtec.rwth-aachen.de <br> <br>Laura Platte, Chair Individual and Technology at RWTH Aachen University. <br>laura.platte@humtec.rwth-aachen.de <br> <br> <br>Anna M. H. Abrams, Chair Individual and Technology at RWTH Aachen University. <br>anna.abrams@humtec.rwth-aachen.de <br> <br>David Sirkin, Director for Interaction Design at Stanford University's Center <br>for Design Research <br>sirkin@stanford.edu <br> <br>Kind regards, <br>Astrid Rosenthal-von der Ptten <br> <br>***************************************** <br>Prof. Dr. Astrid Rosenthal-von der Ptten <br>Chair Individual and Technology <br>Human Technology Center <br>RWTH Aachen University <br>Theaterplatz 14, Room 228 <br>52062 Aachen, Germany <br> <br>Webpage: www.itec.rwth-aachen.de <br>Email: arvdp@humtec.rwth-aachen.de <br>Office phone: +49 (0) 241-80-25521 <br>Mobile phone: +49 (0) 160-97919783 <br> <br>[rwth_itec_en_rgb] <br>_______________________________________________ <br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list <br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net <br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net <br> <br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst <br> <br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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