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Spatial Robotic Experiences as a Ground for Future HRI Speculations

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Dave Murray-Rust,

Maria Luce Lupetti,

Alessandro Ianniello,

Aadjan Van Der Helm,

Liliane Filthaut,

Philip BeesleyAuthors Info & Claims

HRI '24: Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

Pages 57 - 70

https://doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3640793

Published: 11 March 2024 Publication History

Abstract

This work illustrates how artistic robotic systems can provide a reservoir of unfamiliarity and a basis for speculation, to open the field toward new ways of thinking about HRI. We reflect on a collaborative project between design students, a media art studio, and design researchers working with the baggage handling department of a strategic European airport. Engaging with the industrial context, we developed 'meta-behaviours' - abstracted ideas of processes carried out on the worksite and passed these over to the students who translated them into robotic enactions based on hardware and a form language developed by the media art studio. The resulting visit experience challenges the audience to decode the installation in terms of meta-behaviours and their possible relations to industrial HRI. We used this to reflect on the value of conducting artistic and speculative work in HRI and to distil actionable recommendations for future research.

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Jarsve TJacobsen RSoma-Jestilä RWoźniak PNiess J(2024)AMoRE: Four Perspectives on Talking About and Experiencing RobotsProceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/3679318.3685342(1-13)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
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Index Terms

Spatial Robotic Experiences as a Ground for Future HRI Speculations
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Media arts
2. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Robotics

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HRI '24: Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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ISBN:9798400703232

DOI:10.1145/3610978

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Jarsve TJacobsen RSoma-Jestilä RWoźniak PNiess J(2024)AMoRE: Four Perspectives on Talking About and Experiencing RobotsProceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/3679318.3685342(1-13)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
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