Robots in Contexts

Abstract

Robotic technologies are being increasingly integrated into real life settings. The adoption of robots by the society is transcending the initial fascination with novel technology and is gradually entering a new phase, characterized by a massive impact of the technology on various aspects of our everyday lives. These developments emphasize the need to better understand how robotic technologies shape, and are being shaped by, the physical and social contexts in which they are used. The aim of the proposed workshop is to explore possible ways of addressing this issue by bringing together a group of human-robot interaction (HRI) researchers within the ECCE context in order to reflect on a range of methods, concepts, and design approaches that could help understand, anticipate, and deal with HRI challenges associated with the upcoming "robotic revolution".

Making Affordances Real: Socio-Material Prefiguration, Performed Agency, and Coordinated Activities in Human–Robot Communication

“…They are contingent dimensions of a situation, not inherent tokens of physical objects. Postponing the unresolved problem on whether robots should be seen as social actors in their own right and whether there are several sorts of material agency and social agency, the lived practice of human–robot communication we have discussed in this article actually happens in settings where agency is enacted by multiple agents (Kaptelinin, Kiselev, Loutfi, & Hellström, 2017; Šabanović, 2010). This agency rests on the capability to engage in intelligible encounters; it builds on purposive activities even though they might only perform a limited repertoire of tasks.…”

Sistema integrado de reconocimiento de emociones para interacción hombre-máquina

“…Una diferencia importante entre un robot y un dispositivo portable es la capacidad de movimiento del robot, que de alguna forma lo lleva a ser interpretado como un organismo vivo por las personas, lo cual puede ser positivo si se interactúa con él como si se tratara de una mascota, pero sería muy negativo si es interpretado como un ente extraño que al final produce rechazo (más en sociedades occidentales que en las orientales, donde tal penetración se da con mayor fuerza). Un robot de servicios debe tener un alto nivel de integración con el ser humano para lograr el desarrollo de sus tareas (Du et al, 2018;Kaptelinin et al, 2017).…”