Astrid Weiss‘ Research
Creating technology for and with people…
Industry 4.0 & Cobots
Within industrial work settings, studying how work is distributed between people and technology, how it is practically achieved, and how systems...
Learn moreUser Involvement
As a social scientist working together with engineers and computer scientists I am often asked: Why does this humanist stuff matter? The answer...
Learn moreSocial Human-Robot Interaction (sHRI)
Right now is an important time in the research fields of Human-Robot Interaction and Social Robotics (sHRI): Technological readiness levels...
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Current research interests…
Social Acceptance
What makes people accept or reject technology? User acceptance of interactive technology...
Learn moreTrust & Robots
How to design robots that we trust in interaction? An autonomous system is a machine or...
Learn moreLong-Term Studies
How does technology experience change over time? A key question in HCI and HRI is not only...
Learn moreGender & Tech
How does gender impact technology usage and design? Agent-like technology, such as voice...
Learn moreAstrid Weiss @TedxTuwien 2017 – Will care robots care?
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Versuch und Irrtum – Ö1 Podcast
Astrid Weiss ist Soziologin und untersucht die Mensch #Roboter-Interaktion. Im #oe1podcast #VersuchundIrrtum erklärt sie auch, warum wir den Computer anschreien, wenn...
Read moreClub 2000 der Magnet Tech Talk
Before Corona changed everything, I did a video format for Magenta TV, which I completely forgot to promote. You can watch the whole discussion here. The topic was...
Read moreNew Media Coverage of My Research
In my role as a member of the Young Academy of Science of the ÖAW, I was asked to contribute a Blog article in derStandard (Austrian News paper) to reflect on my...
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