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Social Robotics Allie Terrell Grandparent’s University
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Social RoboticsAllie Terrell
Grandparent’s University
Outline
Day 1
learn about social robotics
discuss social cues
hear about what we do
Day 2
social cue exercise
program robots with social cues
Introduction
name
where you’re from
why you’re excited to be here
what you hope to learn
What is a robot?
(semi-)autonomous
Needed Fields
computer science
human-robot interaction (HRI)
artificial intelligence (AI)
computer vision/graphics
mechanical engineering
psychology/sociology
linguistics
robot = “boring work”
social?
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Where have you encountered robots or
virtual agents? Were they social?
Social cues are signals that are given which
communicate a person’s thoughts or expected
actions.
Social cues are signals that are given which
communicate a person’s thoughts or expected
actions.
Social cues are signals that are given which
communicate a person’s thoughts or expected
actions.
Social cues are signals that are given which
communicate a person’s thoughts or expected
actions.
conversation
What other social cues can you think of? Get in groups to brainstorm...
How do we learn about social cues?
Ethnography!
Ethnographies
ethnos = to describe a people
designed around some situation
observation of a set of people
Social Cues Exercise
get in groups of 3 or 4
pick one speaker and one listener
remaining people are observers
observers will get instructions from me
How many times did people nod?
Speaker Listener
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storyboarding
What about the robots?
How will they look?
video
How will they act?
Future?
storyboarding...with robots
Tomorrow
tutorial on programming Mindstorms
discuss social cues to add to the robot
brainstorm and add other social cues
Questions?
