Abstract. This paper describes a project management model named Converge, that combines Agile, Lean Startup and Design Thinking with the aim of producing user-centered software and sustainable innovation through empathy with users. The model is based on previous works combining the aforementioned methodologies and adjusted considering needs that arose from teams inside the lab, observed empirically. In order to test the method's validity in a real project, an undergraduate team part of an experimentation lab followed the proposed model to guide the development of a homonymous data storage app.The app was built in 8 weeks and, at the time of release, 80 % of testers considered it a better solution compared to ones they already used. Overall test results suggest that it is productive to combine the methodologies. The model met its aim since it guided the development of a novel software solution highly regarded by users.

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This paper approaches the issues of human-robot interaction in extreme human-robot interface situations, defined as those which provide a real physical intervention in a person's body by a robot. Robots that belong to this group perform tasks such as tattooing, collecting blood and doing surgery. Authors use a Lynxmotion AL5B mechanical arm controlled via Botboarduino named BOTicelli to make simple patterns with a felt-tip pen on volunteers' skin. The patterns are composed by clusters of dots, similar to real-world tattooing techniques. This paper intends to understand the major discomforts experienced by volunteers while interacting with BOTicelli and whether there are possible modifications of robot design or procedures that would render the experience less aggravating for humans.

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This column presents early work on human biases and preferences described in research from Philosophical and Social Sciences, and discusses their impact in AI ethics, especially concerning autonomous vehicles.

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