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Notable Selection
1Robots beyond Science Fiction: mutual learning in human--robot interaction on the way to participatory approaches
Putting laypeople in an active role as direct expert contributors in the design of service robots becomes more and more prominent in the research fields of human–robot interaction (HRI) and social robotics (SR). Currently, though, HRI is caught in a dilemma of how to create meaningful service robots for human social environments, combining expectations shaped by popular media with technology readiness. We recapitulate traditional stakeholder involvement, including two cases in which new intelligent robots were conceptualized and realized for close interaction with humans. Thereby, we show how the robot narrative(impacted by science fiction, the term robot itself, and assumptions on human-like intelligence) together with aspects of power balancing stakeholders, such as hardware constraints and missing perspectives beyond primary users, and the adaptivity of robotsthrough machine learning that creates unpredictability, pose specific challenges for participatory design processes in HRI. We conclude with thoughts on a way forward for the HRI community in developing a culture of participation that considers humans when conceptualizing, building, and using robots.
2Taxonomy of Trust-Relevant Failures and Mitigation Strategies - Honorable Mention
We develop a taxonomy that categorizes HRI failure types and their impact on trust to structure the broad range of knowledge contributions. We further identify research gaps in order to support fellow researchers in the development of trustworthy robots. Studying trust repair in HRI has only recently been given more interest and we propose a taxonomy of potential trust violations and suitable repair strategies to support researchers during the development of interaction scenarios. The taxonomy distinguishes four failure types: Design, System, Expectation, and User failures and outlines potential mitigation strategies. Based on these failures, strategies for autonomous failure detection and repair are presented, employing explanation, verification and validation techniques. Finally, a research agenda for HRI is outlined, discussing identified gaps related to the relation of failures and HR-trust.
2020 |
Tolmeijer, Suzanne; Weiss, Astrid; Hanheide, Marc; Lindner, Felix; Powers, Thomas M; Dixon, Clare; Tielman, Myrthe L Taxonomy of Trust-Relevant Failures and Mitigation Strategies Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, S. 3–12, Association for Computing Machinery, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2020, ISBN: 9781450367462. @inproceedings{tolmeijer2020, |
3Results of Field Trials with a Mobile Service Robot for Older Adults in 16 Private Households
In this article, we present results obtained from field trials with the Hobbit robotic platform, an assistive, social service robot aiming at enabling prolonged independent living of older adults in their own homes. Our main contribution lies within the detailed results on perceived safety, usability, and acceptance from field trials with autonomous robots in real homes of older users. In these field trials, we studied how 16 older adults (75 plus) lived with autonomously interacting service robots over multiple weeks. Robots have been employed for periods of months previously in home environments for older people, and some have been tested with manipulation abilities, but this is the first time a study has tested a robot in private homes that provided the combination of manipulation abilities, autonomous navigation, and non-scheduled interaction for an extended period of time. This article aims to explore how older adults interact with such a robot in their private homes. Our results show that all users interacted with Hobbit daily, rated most functions as well working, and reported that they believe that Hobbit will be part of future elderly care. We show that Hobbit’s adaptive behavior approach towards the user increasingly eased the interaction between the users and the robot. Our trials reveal the necessity to move into actual users’ homes, as only there, we encounter real-world challenges and demonstrate issues such as misinterpretation of actions during non-scripted human-robot interaction.
2019 |
Bajones, Markus; Fischinger, David; Weiss, Astrid; Puente, Paloma De La; Wolf, Daniel; Vincze, Markus; Körtner, Tobias; Weninger, Markus; Papoutsakis, Konstantinos; and, Damien Michel Results of Field Trials with a Mobile Service Robot for Older Adults in 16 Private Households Artikel In: J. Hum.-Robot Interact., 9 (2), 2019. @article{bajones2019, |
4What makes people accept or reject companion robots? A research agenda - Best Paper
Social companion robots are intentionally developed and designed to support humans in useful tasks and to use social cues to establish a relationship to the user. However, so far no social companion robots existed outside of research labs to perform long-term studies „in the wild“, exploring how this relationship actually evolves over time. In this paper we present the research agenda for such a study using the soon commercially available BUDDY robot from Blue Frog Robotics. We chose a sociological ethnographic approach with eight households, methodologically mainly focusing on qualitative data gathered through a series of household visits. For data analysis we aim at extending the Domestic Robot Ecology (DRE), which was originally developed based on ethnographic studies with vacuum cleaning robots, and for data interpretation we base our work on a newly proposed sociological framework, we call everyday-life centered approach (ELCA).
2018 |
Weiss, Astrid; Hannibal, Glenda What Makes People Accept or Reject Companion Robots? A Research Agenda Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, S. 397–404, Association for Computing Machinery, Corfu, Greece, 2018, ISBN: 9781450363907. @inproceedings{weiss2018, |
5First Application of Robot Teaching in an Existing Industry 4.0 Environment: Does It Really Work?
This article reports three case studies on the usability and acceptance of an industrial robotic prototype in the context of human-robot cooperation. The three case studies were conducted in the framework of a two-year project named AssistMe, which aims at developing different means of interaction for programming and using collaborative robots in a user-centered manner. Together with two industrial partners and a technological partner, two different application scenarios were implemented and studied with an off-the-shelf robotic system. The operators worked with the robotic prototype in laboratory conditions (two days), in a factory context (one day) and in an automotive assembly line (three weeks). In the article, the project and procedures are described in detail, including the quantitative and qualitative methodology. Our results show that close human-robot cooperation in the industrial context needs adaptive pacing mechanisms in order to avoid a change of working routines for the operators and that an off-the-shelf robotic system is still limited in terms of usability and acceptance. The touch panel, which is needed for controlling the robot, had a negative impact on the overall user experience. It creates a further intermediate layer between the user, the robot and the work piece and potentially leads to a decrease in productivity. Finally, the fear of the worker of being replaced by an improved robotic system was regularly expressed and adds an additional anthropocentric dimension to the discussion of human-robot cooperation, smart factories and the upcoming Industry 4.0.
2016 |
Weiss, Astrid; Huber, Andreas; Minichberger, Jürgen; Ikeda, Markus First Application of Robot Teaching in an Existing Industry 4.0 Environment: Does It Really Work? Artikel In: Societies, 6 (3), S. 20, 2016. @article{weiss2016b, |
6Synchrony and Reciprocity: Key Mechanisms for Social Companion Robots in Therapy and Care
Studies and concepts for social companion robots in therapy and care exist, however, they often lack the integration of convincing behavioral and social key mechanisms which enable a positive and successfull interaction experience. In this article we argue that synchrony and reciprocity are two key mechanisms of human interaction which affect both in the behavioral level (movements) and in the social level (relationships). Given that both a change in movement behavior and social behavior are an objective in the contexts of aging-in-place, neurocognitive and neurophysical rehabilitation, and depression, these key mechanisms should also be included in the interaction with social companion robots in therapy and care. We give an overview on the two concepts ranging from a social neuroscience over a behavioral towards a sociological perspective and argue that both concepts affect each other and are up to now only marginally applied in human–robot interaction. To support this claim, we provide a survey on existing social companion robots for aging-in-place (pet robots and household robots), neurocognitive impairments (autism and dementia), neurophysical impairments (brain injury, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson’s disease), and depression. We emphasize to what extend synchrony and reciprocity are already included into the respective applications. Finally, based on the survey and the previous argumentation on the importance of synchrony and reciprocity, we provide a discussion about potential future steps for the inclusion of these concepts to social companion robots in therapy and care.
2016 |
Lorenz, Tamara; Weiss, Astrid; Hirche, Sandra Synchrony and Reciprocity: Key Mechanisms for Social Companion Robots in Therapy and Care Artikel In: International Journal of Social Robotics, 8 (1), S. 125–143, 2016, ISSN: 1875-4805. @article{lorenz2016, Studies and concepts for social companion robots in therapy and care exist, however, they often lack the integration of convincing behavioral and social key mechanisms which enable a positive and successfull interaction experience. In this article we argue that synchrony and reciprocity are two key mechanisms of human interaction which affect both in the behavioral level (movements) and in the social level (relationships). Given that both a change in movement behavior and social behavior are an objective in the contexts of aging-in-place, neurocognitive and neurophysical rehabilitation, and depression, these key mechanisms should also be included in the interaction with social companion robots in therapy and care. We give an overview on the two concepts ranging from a social neuroscience over a behavioral towards a sociological perspective and argue that both concepts affect each other and are up to now only marginally applied in human--robot interaction. To support this claim, we provide a survey on existing social companion robots for aging-in-place (pet robots and household robots), neurocognitive impairments (autism and dementia), neurophysical impairments (brain injury, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson's disease), and depression. We emphasize to what extend synchrony and reciprocity are already included into the respective applications. Finally, based on the survey and the previous argumentation on the importance of synchrony and reciprocity, we provide a discussion about potential future steps for the inclusion of these concepts to social companion robots in therapy and care. |
7The interactive urban robot: user-centered development and final field trial of a direction requesting robot
In this article, we present the user-centered development of the service robot IURO. IURO’s goal is to find the way to a designated place in town without any previous map knowledge, just by retrieving information from asking pedestrians for directions. We present the 3-years development process,which involved a series of studies on its appearance, communication model, feedback modalities, and social navigation mechanisms. Our main contribution lies within the final field trial.With the autonomous IURO platform, we performed a series of six way-finding runs (over 24 hours of run-time in total) in the city center of Munich, Germany. The robot interacted with approximately 100 pedestrians of which 36 interactions included a full route dialogue. A variety of empirical methods was used to explore reactions of primary users (pedestrians who actually interacted with the robot) and secondary users (bystanders who observed others interacting). The gathered data provides insights into usability, user experience, and acceptance of IURO and allowed us deriving recommendations for the development of other socially interactive robots.
2015 |
Weiss, Astrid; Mirnig, Nicole; Bruckenberger, Ulrike; Strasser, Ewald; Tscheligi, Manfred; Kühnlenz, Barbara; Wollherr, Dirk; Stanczyk, Bartlomiej In: Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 6 (1), 2015. @article{weiss2015c, |
8Exploring challenging environments: Contextual research in the car and the factory through an HCI lens
Nontraditional environments offer a variety of methodological challenges when exploring cooperation under very specific contextual conditions. We understand contexts as challenging when they exhibit very specific/unique characteristics that need to be explored beyond traditional and already better-understood working/office settings. Moreover, these challenging environments are contexts in which human-human interaction mediated by computing systems and human-machine collaboration is hard to observe. In this paper, we focus on two challenging environments: the highly context-dependent automotive environment and the complex context of a semiconductor factory. Both contexts offer potential in a variety of ways for novel computer-supported cooperative work research, such as driver/codriver cooperation and operator-robot cooperation. In this book chapter, two exemplary contexts “car” and “factory” will be characterized in terms of (1) research challenges posed by the context, (2) performed exploratory studies, and (3) methodological implications for the two exemplary contexts, as well as for CSCW and HCI research practices in general.
2015 |
Weiss, Astrid; Meschtscherjakov, Alexander; Buchner, Roland; Strasser, Ewald; Kluckner, Patricia M; Osswald, Sebastian; Mirnig, Nicole; Wilfinger, David; Perterer, Nicole; Sundstroem, Petra; Laminger, Arno; Tscheligi, Manfred Exploring challenging environments: Contextual research in the car and the factory through an HCI lens Buchkapitel In: Wulf, Volker; Schmidt, Kjeld; Randall, David (Hrsg.): Designing Socially Embedded Technologies in the Real-World, S. 271–304, Springer London, 2015. @inbook{weiss2015exploring, Nontraditional environments offer a variety of methodological challenges when exploring cooperation under very specific contextual conditions. We understand contexts as challenging when they exhibit very specific/unique characteristics that need to be explored beyond traditional and already better-understood working/office settings. Moreover, these challenging environments are contexts in which human-human interaction mediated by computing systems and human-machine collaboration is hard to observe. In this paper, we focus on two challenging environments: the highly context-dependent automotive environment and the complex context of a semiconductor factory. Both contexts offer potential in a variety of ways for novel computer-supported cooperative work research, such as driver/codriver cooperation and operator-robot cooperation. In this book chapter, two exemplary contexts ``car'' and ``factory'' will be characterized in terms of (1) research challenges posed by the context, (2) performed exploratory studies, and (3) methodological implications for the two exemplary contexts, as well as for CSCW and HCI research practices in general. |
9Exploring Persuasion in the Home: Results of a Long-Term Study on Energy Consumption Behavior - Best Paper
This paper presents a seven-months field study on a persuasive ambient display in private households. The FORE-Watch aims at adjusting the consumption behavior of energy users in 24 multi-person households and persuading them to change their timing of consumption activities; half of them were shown a forecast of the occupancy rate of the local energy grid (i.e., grid status), and the other half were shown how much energy will be delivered by green sources such as windmills (i.e., green energy). Our qualitative and quantitative survey and the energy consumption data revealed that the grid status group showed a more constant behavior than the green energy, indicating that the more dynamic forecast presentation did not lead to the same type of behavior change as the static forecast presentation. Overall, the FORE-Watch aroused awareness, attention and interest through permanent presence, clear and simple information, and changed the energy consumption behavior of our participants.
2013 |
Kluckner, Patricia M; Weiss, Astrid; Schrammel, Johann; Tscheligi, Manfred Exploring Persuasion in the Home: Results of a Long-Term Study on Energy Consumption Behavior Konferenzbeitrag In: Ami2013: Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence, S. 150–165, Springer International Publishing 2013. @inproceedings{kluckner2013exploring, |
Complete List
Habilitation Treatise
2022 |
Weiss, Astrid One cannot know everything — On the Need of Epistemological Diversity in Human-centered HRI Research Abschlussarbeit Universität Salzburg, 2022. @mastersthesis{Weiss2022, |
PhD Thesis
2010 |
Weiss, Astrid Validation of an evaluation framework for human-robot interaction: the impact of usability, social acceptance, user experience, and societal impact on collaboration with humanoid robots Promotionsarbeit University of Salzburg, 2010. @phdthesis{weiss2010validation, |
Book Chapters
2023 |
Weiss, Astrid; Vrecar, Rafael; Zamiechowska, Joanna; Purgathofer, Peter It’s Only a Bot! How Adversarial Chatbots can be a Vehicle to Teach Responsible AI Buchkapitel In: Schmidpeter, René; Altenburger, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Challenges for Sustainable Management, S. 235–250, Springer, 2023. @inbook{weiss2023s, |
2022 |
Schwaninger, Isabel; Weiss, Astrid; Fitzpatrick, Geraldine Bottom-Up Research on Assistive Robots for the Aging Population Buchkapitel In: Köszegi, Sabine Theresia; Vincze, Markus (Hrsg.): Trust in Robots, Kapitel 9, S. 203–228, TU Wien Academic Press, 2022. @inbook{<LineBreak> 20.500.12708_139423, Robots are developed in the hope to solve various problems that our societies currently face. One of the most pressing problems is the aging population, placing increasing pressure on the care system as people live longer, and often with chronic diseases. Robots are also considered as a possible solution to this problem. However, imaginations of the role of robots are frequently driven by technology-utopian top-down agendas without regard to practical realities of everyday life of the older adults and other stakeholders they seek to support. This chapter presents an overview of assistive technology for the aging population, along with building blocks for Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research in these contexts, and the challenges that arise. On this basis, we characterize ways of conducting bottom-up research to explore trustworthy HRI for older adults in home environments |
Hannibal, Glenda; Weiss, Astrid Exploring the Situated Vulnerabilities of Robots for Interpersonal Trust in Human-Robot Interaction Buchkapitel In: Köszegi, Sabine Theresia; Vincze, Markus (Hrsg.): Trust in Robots, Kapitel 2, S. 33–56, TU Wien Academic Press, 2022. @inbook{<LineBreak> 20.500.12708_139427, The practical value of studying trust in human-robot interaction (HRI) rests on the assumption that people will, in the long-term, accept, interact, and collaborate more with robots that they trust or consider trustworthy. We propose in this book chapter to take our event approach to interpersonal trust in HRI and we argue why focusing on robot vulnerabilities will benefit current discussions on trust in robots and their perceived trustworthiness. On a theoretical level, we first argue that it is important to challenge the often negative view of the conceptual relationship between interpersonal trust and vulnerability in HRI as it has mainly comes to represent overexposure. Moreover, identifying robot-specific vulnerabilities is essential when exploring interpersonal trust in interactions between humans and robots (or HRI) because it overlaps but is not identical to those important to a human-centered perspective. To empirically explore robot vulnerabilities, we present the results of eight semi-structured expert interviews with experienced leaders in robotics. Based on these interviews, we identify the various robot vulnerabilities mentioned by the experts to present a systematic overview. Furthermore, we discuss how the experts interpreted the notion of vulnerability in relation to robots specifically and dive more into how malicious human behavior can be problematic when aiming to ensure mutual interpersonal trust in HRI. Moreover, we aim in this book chapter to lay down our motivation and arguments for why taking into account robot vulnerabilities provide a crucial and broader perspective on mutual trust in HRI, which is fundamental to strengthening interaction, collaboration and engagement between humans and robots. |
Koller, Michael; Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus I See What You Did There: Towards a Gaze Mechanism for Joint Actions in Human-Robot Interaction Buchkapitel In: Köszegi, Sabine Theresia; Vincze, Markus (Hrsg.): Trust in Robots, Kapitel 7, S. 149–177, TU Wien Academic Press, 2022. @inbook{<LineBreak> 20.500.12708_139418, We imagine that service robots must collaborate with humans in physical object manipulation tasks to be of assistance in everyday scenarios, such as setting a table. This collaboration requires the capability of joint attention to smoothly accomplish a shared goal. One special modality for joint attention is the gaze behavior of an actor. Herein, we discuss the human gaze in physical tasks and its underlying cognitive mechanisms, a novel probabilistic robotic gaze controller in object-centred collaborative physical tasks, and its inclusion in a well-known joint action human-robot interaction (HRI) benchmark. First, we discuss human gaze behavior as an important modality for signaling, detecting, and monitoring joint attention processes. This is followed by an overview of joint attention implementations in HRI and commonly used artificial intelligence methods for planning and plan recognition. These methods are used to mimic qualities of different components in psychological joint attention models in humans. In object manipulation tasks, the gaze behavior is not only used to gather information about the environment, but also has a communicative role, as the gaze direction can be interpreted by the interaction partner. The intended actions and beliefs about the current world state are communicated through the gaze. We argue that robotic gaze behavior, which humans easily interpret, will improve the interaction capability of a social robot. We investigate this claim in an already established HRI joint action benchmark scenario of collaboratively building a tower out of different blocks. To this end, we propose a stochastic gaze controller for joint action tasks and present results of a pilot study. |
2021 |
Weiss, Astrid; Spiel, Katta Es ist Zeit für bessere Ideen: Ein Aufruf zu mehr Partizipation in der Gestaltung sozialer Serviceroboter Buchkapitel In: Braun, Kathrin; Kropp, Cordula (Hrsg.): In digitaler Gesellschaft: Neukonfigurationen zwischen Robotern, Algorithmen und Usern, S. 99–132, transcript Verlag, 2021. @inbook{WeissSpiel+2021+99+132, |
Koeszegi, Sabine T.; Weiss, Astrid Mein neuer Teamkollege ist ein Roboter! Wie soziale Roboter die Zukunft der Arbeit verändern können Buchkapitel In: Ältenburger, Reinhard; Schmidpeter, René" (Hrsg.): CSR und Künstliche Intelligenz, S. 279–303, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2021, ISBN: 978-3-662-63223-9. @inbook{Koeszegi2021, In Künstliche-Intelligenz (KI)- und Robotiktechnologien werden aktuell große Erwartungen gesetzt. Während ihr Einsatz in der Vergangenheit vorwiegend auf hochstandardisierte Routinearbeiten in der industriellen Fertigung beschränkt war, übernehmen sie heute -- befeuert durch vielversprechende Entwicklungen im Maschinellen Lernen -- auch Aufgaben, die bisher qualifizierten Wissensarbeiter_innen vorbehalten war. Diese neuen KI- und Robotiksysteme können autonom agieren, ihre Umwelt und ihren eigenen Zustand wahrnehmen und interpretieren, daraus lernen und ihr Verhalten an ihre Umwelt anpassen. Und wenn sie direkt mit Menschen interagieren, wird ihnen von diesen eine gewisse soziale Handlungsfähigkeit zugeschrieben. Sie werden daher auch -- verkürzt und etwas irreführend -- „soziale Roboter`` genannt. Bereits heute sind diese Systeme in der Kundenbetreuung, zum Beispiel in Form von Chatbots, im Gesundheitswesen zur Unterstützung bei der Betreuung von alternden Menschen oder in Schulen und Kindergärten zur Unterstützung von Lernprozessen zu finden. Roboter können rund um die Uhr arbeiten und sind -- anders als Menschen -- nicht anfällig für Fehler, die auf mangelnde Aufmerksamkeit oder Motivation zurückzuführen sind. Diese Eigenschaften lassen sie als attraktive Alternative zu menschlichen Arbeitskräften erscheinen und nähren das vorherrschende Narrativ, dass Roboter den Menschen in Zukunft zur Gänze ersetzen könnten. Eine wichtige Frage für den Einsatz von Technologie ist allerdings, ob dieser -- unabhängig von der technischen Realisierbarkeit (Machbarkeit) -- auch sinnvoll und gesellschaftlich wünschenswert ist. In diesem Kapitel stellen wir Studien vor, die aktuelle Erfahrungen mit dem Einsatz von autonomen KI- und Robotiksystemen, wie etwa in der industriellen Fertigung, bei Vorstellungsgesprächen, für Konfliktmediation, für Pausenmanagement oder als Assistenzsysteme in der Pflege von Menschen analysieren. Diese Erfahrungen zeigen, dass die Erwartungen an die neuen Technologien zum Teil überzogen sind, nicht nur, weil viele technische Problemstellungen noch nicht gelöst sind, sondern auch, weil die Herausforderungen bei der Integration dieser Technologien in Arbeitsprozesse unterschätzt werden. Wir zeigen auf, wie soziale Roboter die Arbeit in verschiedenen Anwendungsgebieten verändern können und diskutieren Vor- und Nachteile der Integration sozialer Roboter in Arbeitsprozessen. |
2020 |
Weiss, Astrid In: Mensch und Maschine, S. 31-56, Blätter für Technikgeschichte (BfTG), 2020. @inbook{weiss2020Wenn, |
2018 |
Vincze, Markus; Bajones, Markus; Suchi, Markus; Wolf, Daniel; Lammer, Lara; Weiss, Astrid; Fischinger, David User Experience Results of Setting Free a Service Robot for Older Adults at Home Buchkapitel In: Neves, Antonio J R (Hrsg.): Service Robots, Kapitel 2, IntechOpen, Rijeka, 2018. @inbook{Vincze18, |
2015 |
Weiss, Astrid; Meschtscherjakov, Alexander; Buchner, Roland; Strasser, Ewald; Kluckner, Patricia M; Osswald, Sebastian; Mirnig, Nicole; Wilfinger, David; Perterer, Nicole; Sundstroem, Petra; Laminger, Arno; Tscheligi, Manfred Exploring challenging environments: Contextual research in the car and the factory through an HCI lens Buchkapitel In: Wulf, Volker; Schmidt, Kjeld; Randall, David (Hrsg.): Designing Socially Embedded Technologies in the Real-World, S. 271–304, Springer London, 2015. @inbook{weiss2015exploring, Nontraditional environments offer a variety of methodological challenges when exploring cooperation under very specific contextual conditions. We understand contexts as challenging when they exhibit very specific/unique characteristics that need to be explored beyond traditional and already better-understood working/office settings. Moreover, these challenging environments are contexts in which human-human interaction mediated by computing systems and human-machine collaboration is hard to observe. In this paper, we focus on two challenging environments: the highly context-dependent automotive environment and the complex context of a semiconductor factory. Both contexts offer potential in a variety of ways for novel computer-supported cooperative work research, such as driver/codriver cooperation and operator-robot cooperation. In this book chapter, two exemplary contexts ``car'' and ``factory'' will be characterized in terms of (1) research challenges posed by the context, (2) performed exploratory studies, and (3) methodological implications for the two exemplary contexts, as well as for CSCW and HCI research practices in general. |
2012 |
Weiss, Astrid Technik in animalischer Gestalt. Tierroboter zur Assistenz, Überwachung und als Gefährten in der Altenhilfe Buchkapitel In: Buchner-Fuhs, Jutta; Rose, Lotte (Hrsg.): Tierische Sozialarbeit: Ein Lesebuch für die Profession zum Leben und Arbeiten mit Tieren, S. 429–442, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden, 2012, ISBN: 978-3-531-18956-7. @inbook{weiss2012technik, Könnten Roboter das Leben von Senioren verbessern? Eine häufige Annahme ist, dass der Einsatz von Robotern in der Altenhilfe ein Lösungsansatz für die zunehmende Alterung unserer Gesellschaft sein könnte. Aus diesem Grund gibt es immer mehr Forschungsprojekte zu diesem Thema, aber auch eine wachsende Industrie, die Roboter für die Altenpflege entwickelt (Pollack 2005). |
Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Rethinking the Human--Agent Relationship: Which Social Cues Do Interactive Agents Really Need to Have? Buchkapitel In: Hingston, Philip (Hrsg.): Believable Bots: Can Computers Play Like People?, S. 1–28, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012, ISBN: 978-3-642-32323-2. @inbook{weiss2012rethinking, This chapter discusses the potential meaning of the term social in relation to human--agent interaction. Based on the sociological theory of object-centred sociality, four aspects of sociality, namely forms of grouping, attachment, reciprocity, and reflexivity are presented and transferred to the field of human--humanoid interaction studies. Six case studies with three different types of humanoid robots are presented, in which the participants had to answer a questionnaire involving several items on these four aspects. The case studies are followed by a section on lessons learned for human--agent interaction. In this section, a ``social agent matrix'' for categorizing human--agent interaction in terms of their main sociality aspect is introduced. A reflection on this matrix and the future (social) human--agent relationship closes this chapter. |
2011 |
Weiss, Astrid; Bernhaupt, Regina; Tscheligi, Manfred The USUS evaluation framework for user-centered HRI Buchkapitel In: New Frontiers in Human–Robot Interaction, S. 89-110, John Benjamins, 2011. @inbook{weiss2011theusus, |
Journals
2023 |
Koller, Michael; Weiss, Astrid; Hirschmanner, Matthias; Vincze, Markus Robotic gaze and human views: A systematic exploration of robotic gaze aversion and its effects on human behaviors and attitudes Artikel In: Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10 , 2023. @article{koller2023robotic, |
2022 |
Prinzellner, Yvonne; Sturm, Nadine; Geyer, Constanze; Salomon, Gabriele; Weiss, Astrid; Zauchner, Sabine; Plößnig, Manuela; Jung, Oliver Using an off-the-shelf platform to develop a gender-sensitive health care robot for older adults and chronically ill people Artikel In: Aging and Health Research, 2 (2), S. 100072, 2022. @article{prinzellner2022using, |
Schwaninger, Isabel; Carros, Felix; Weiss, Astrid; Wulf, Volker; Fitzpatrick, Geraldine Video connecting families and social robots: from ideas to practices putting technology to work Artikel In: Universal Access in the Information Society, 2022, ISSN: 1615-5289. @article{ Technology use is a socially embedded process, especially when it comes to older adults and care. However, the restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have limited social contact to protect vulnerable groups in care homes, and even if technology use has increased in other areas, there is little known about the potential uptake of communication technology and changes in social interaction in the care context during a lasting crisis. This paper explores changes in communication technology use triggered by the pandemic at two care homes, using a qualitative diary study, online interviews and observations, and in-situ interviews within the care home with residents and workers. Our findings point to increasing use of tablets and video conference software triggered by COVID-related experiences, with implications for living and working in care homes. We also characterise the isolation experience of the residents, the workers' concerns about the residents and changes in social interaction. We observed new areas of technology usage, associated changing work practices, technical affinity issues and context-specific attitudes towards future technologies. While the pandemic has triggered the use of communication technology in care homes on a small scale, this has also caused increasing workload and in particular articulation work, which requires support structures and the re-definition of work roles. |
2021 |
Weiss, Astrid; Spiel, Katta Robots beyond Science Fiction: mutual learning in human--robot interaction on the way to participatory approaches Artikel In: AI & SOCIETY, S. 1–15, 2021. @article{weiss2021robots, |
Weiss, Astrid; Wortmeier, Ann-Kathrin; Kubicek, Bettina Cobots in Industry 4.0: A Roadmap for Future Practice Studies on Human--Robot Collaboration Artikel In: IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 2021. @article{weiss2021cobots, |
Schwaninger, Isabel; Güldenpfennig, Florian; Weiss, Astrid; Fitzpatrick, Geraldine In: International Journal of Social Robotics, S. 1–19, 2021. @article{schwaninger2021you, |
2020 |
Fischer, Kerstin; Seibt, Johanna; Rodogno, Raffaele; Rasmussen, Maike Kirkegård; Weiss, Astrid; Bodenhagen, Leon; Juel, William Kristian; Krüger, Norbert Integrative Social Robotics Hands-on Artikel In: Interaction Studies, 21 (1), S. 145-185, 2020, ISSN: 1572-0373. @article{fischer2020, |
2019 |
Bajones, Markus; Fischinger, David; Weiss, Astrid; Puente, Paloma De La; Wolf, Daniel; Vincze, Markus; Körtner, Tobias; Weninger, Markus; Papoutsakis, Konstantinos; and, Damien Michel Results of Field Trials with a Mobile Service Robot for Older Adults in 16 Private Households Artikel In: J. Hum.-Robot Interact., 9 (2), 2019. @article{bajones2019, |
Tsiourti, Christiana; Weiss, Astrid; Wac, Katarzyna; Vincze, Markus In: International Journal of Social Robotics, 11 (4), S. 555–573, 2019, ISSN: 1875-4805. @article{tsiourti2019, Humanoid social robots have an increasingly prominent place in today's world. Their acceptance in social and emotional human--robot interaction (HRI) scenarios depends on their ability to convey well recognized and believable emotional expressions to their human users. In this article, we incorporate recent findings from psychology, neuroscience, human--computer interaction, and HRI, to examine how people recognize and respond to emotions displayed by the body and voice of humanoid robots, with a particular emphasis on the effects of incongruence. In a social HRI laboratory experiment, we investigated contextual incongruence (i.e., the conflict situation where a robot's reaction is incongrous with the socio-emotional context of the interaction) and cross-modal incongruence (i.e., the conflict situation where an observer receives incongruous emotional information across the auditory (vocal prosody) and visual (whole-body expressions) modalities). Results showed that both contextual incongruence and cross-modal incongruence confused observers and decreased the likelihood that they accurately recognized the emotional expressions of the robot. This, in turn, gives the impression that the robot is unintelligent or unable to express ``empathic'' behaviour and leads to profoundly harmful effects on likability and believability. Our findings reinforce the need of proper design of emotional expressions for robots that use several channels to communicate their emotional states in a clear and effective way. We offer recommendations regarding design choices and discuss future research areas in the direction of multimodal HRI. |
2018 |
Bajones, Markus; Fischinger, David; Weiss, Astrid; Wolf, Daniel; Vincze, Markus; de la Puente, Paloma; Körtner, Tobias; Weninger, Markus; Papoutsakis, Konstantinos; Michel, Damien; others, Hobbit: Providing fall detection and prevention for the elderly in the real world Artikel In: Journal of Robotics, 2018 , 2018. @article{bajones2018, |
2016 |
Weiss, Astrid; Huber, Andreas; Minichberger, Jürgen; Ikeda, Markus First Application of Robot Teaching in an Existing Industry 4.0 Environment: Does It Really Work? Artikel In: Societies, 6 (3), S. 20, 2016. @article{weiss2016b, |
Lorenz, Tamara; Weiss, Astrid; Hirche, Sandra Synchrony and Reciprocity: Key Mechanisms for Social Companion Robots in Therapy and Care Artikel In: International Journal of Social Robotics, 8 (1), S. 125–143, 2016, ISSN: 1875-4805. @article{lorenz2016, Studies and concepts for social companion robots in therapy and care exist, however, they often lack the integration of convincing behavioral and social key mechanisms which enable a positive and successfull interaction experience. In this article we argue that synchrony and reciprocity are two key mechanisms of human interaction which affect both in the behavioral level (movements) and in the social level (relationships). Given that both a change in movement behavior and social behavior are an objective in the contexts of aging-in-place, neurocognitive and neurophysical rehabilitation, and depression, these key mechanisms should also be included in the interaction with social companion robots in therapy and care. We give an overview on the two concepts ranging from a social neuroscience over a behavioral towards a sociological perspective and argue that both concepts affect each other and are up to now only marginally applied in human--robot interaction. To support this claim, we provide a survey on existing social companion robots for aging-in-place (pet robots and household robots), neurocognitive impairments (autism and dementia), neurophysical impairments (brain injury, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson's disease), and depression. We emphasize to what extend synchrony and reciprocity are already included into the respective applications. Finally, based on the survey and the previous argumentation on the importance of synchrony and reciprocity, we provide a discussion about potential future steps for the inclusion of these concepts to social companion robots in therapy and care. |
2015 |
Fischinger, David; Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus Learning grasps with topographic features Artikel In: The International Journal of Robotics Research, 34 (9), S. 1167-1194, 2015. @article{fischinger2015, We present a system for grasping unknown objects, even from piles or cluttered scenes, given a point cloud. Our method is based on the topography of a given scene and abstracts grasp-relevant structures to enable machine learning techniques for grasping tasks. We describe how Height Accumulated Features (HAF) and their extension, Symmetry Height Accumulated Features, extract grasp relevant local shapes. We investigate grasp quality using an F-score metric. We demonstrate the gain and the expressive power of HAF by comparing its trained classifier with one that resulted from training on simple height grids. An efficient way to calculate HAF is presented. We describe how the trained grasp classifier is used to explore the whole grasp space and introduce a heuristic to find the most robust grasp. We show how to use our approach to adapt the gripper opening width before grasping. In robotic experiments we demonstrate different aspects of our system on three robot platforms: a Schunk seven-degree-of-freedom arm, a PR2 and a Kuka LWR arm. We perform tasks to grasp single objects, autonomously unload a box and clear the table. Thereby we show that our approach is easily adaptable and robust with respect to different manipulators. As part of the experiments we compare our algorithm with a state-of-the-art method and show significant improvements. Concrete examples are used to illustrate the benefit of our approach compared with established grasp approaches. Finally, we show advantages of the symbiosis between our approach and object recognition. |
Weiss, Astrid; Mirnig, Nicole; Bruckenberger, Ulrike; Strasser, Ewald; Tscheligi, Manfred; Kühnlenz, Barbara; Wollherr, Dirk; Stanczyk, Bartlomiej In: Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 6 (1), 2015. @article{weiss2015c, |
der Pütten, Astrid Rosenthal-von; Weiss, Astrid The uncanny valley phenomenon does it affect all of us? Artikel In: Interaction Studies, 16 (2), S. 206-214, 2015, ISSN: 1572-0373. @article{rosenthal2015, |
Mirnig, Nicole; Strasser, Ewald; Weiss, Astrid; Kühnlenz, Barbara; Wollherr, Dirk; Tscheligi, Manfred Can you read my face? Artikel In: International Journal of Social Robotics, 7 (1), S. 63–76, 2015. @article{mirnig2015, |
2014 |
Fischinger, David; Einramhof, Peter; Papoutsakis, Konstantinos; Wohlkinger, Walter; Mayer, Peter; Panek, Paul; Hofmann, Stefan; Koertner, Tobias; Weiss, Astrid; and, Antonis Argyros Hobbit, a Care Robot Supporting Independent Living at Home Artikel In: Robot. Auton. Syst., 75 (PA), S. 60–78, 2014, ISSN: 0921-8890. @article{fischinger2014, |
Huber, Andreas; Lammer, Lara; Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus In: J. Hum.-Robot Interact., 3 (2), S. 100–115, 2014. @article{huber2014, |
Ratzer, Brigitte; Weiss, Astrid; Weixelbaumer, Barbara; Mirnig, Nicole; Tscheligi, Manfred; Raneburger, David; Popp, Roman; Falb, Jürgen In: International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 6 (1), S. 3–24, 2014, ISSN: 2040-0748. @article{ratzer2014, Including gender knowledge in SET (Science, Engineering and Technology) research is increasingly seen as a means to create new knowledge and technology. This paper describes interactions, problems and strategies developed in research projects where an external gender expert introduces gender knowledge to a SET research team. The central task of gender experts here is informing researchers who have no or little previous gender knowledge. Based on the experiences of six gender experts who have been working in various SET projects, the realities, possibilities and limitations of gender knowledge transfer are explored. Four distinct topics were stressed by all experts, namely the process of mutual learning, problems with the credibility of gender knowledge, the importance of changes in as well the organisational context as the working cultures and the smallness of the adaptations that actually were achieved within the projects. I will conclude with reflections of what needs to be secured to make Gender into Technology an emancipatory project. My reflections are based on the theoretical debates in the fields of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Feminist Technology Studies. |
2013 |
Mirnig, Nicole; Weiss, Astrid; Skantze, Gabriel; Moubayed, Samer Al; Gustafson, Joakim; Beskow, Jonas; Granström, Björn; Tscheligi, Manfred Face-to-face with a robot: What do we actually talk about? Artikel In: International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 10 (01), S. 1350011, 2013. @article{mirnig2013, While much of the state-of-the-art research in human–robot interaction (HRI) investigates task-oriented interaction, this paper aims at exploring what people talk about to a robot if the content of the conversation is not predefined. We used the robot head Furhat to explore the conversational behavior of people who encounter a robot in the public setting of a robot exhibition in a scientific museum, but without a predefined purpose. Upon analyzing the conversations, it could be shown that a sophisticated robot provides an inviting atmosphere for people to engage in interaction and to be experimental and challenge the robot's capabilities. Many visitors to the exhibition were willing to go beyond the guiding questions that were provided as a starting point. Amongst other things, they asked Furhat questions concerning the robot itself, such as how it would define a robot, or if it plans to take over the world. People were also interested in the feelings and likes of the robot and they asked many personal questions — this is how Furhat ended up with its first marriage proposal. People who talked to Furhat were asked to complete a questionnaire on their assessment of the conversation, with which we could show that the interaction with Furhat was rated as a pleasant experience. |
2012 |
Gonsior, Barbara; Landsiedel, Christian; Mirnig, Nicole; Sosnowski, Stefan; Strasser, Ewald; Zlotowski, Jakub; Buss, Martin; Kühnlenz, Kolja; Tscheligi, Manfred; Weiss, Astrid; others, Impacts of Multimodal Feedback on Efficiency of Proactive Information Retrieval from Task-Related HRI. Artikel In: JACIII, 16 (2), S. 313–326, 2012. @article{gonsior2012impacts, |
2011 |
Bernhaupt, Regina; Pirker, Michael M; Weiss, Astrid; Wilfinger, David; Tscheligi, Manfred In: Comput. Entertain., 9 (3), 2011. @article{bernhaupt2011security, |
Weiss, Astrid; Igelsböck, Judith; Wurhofer, Daniela; Tscheligi, Manfred Looking forward to a “robotic society”? Artikel In: International Journal of Social Robotics, 3 (2), S. 111–123, 2011. @article{weiss2011looking, This article reports on an explorative investigation comparing the notions of future human-robot relationships of the participants of a user study who interacted with a humanoid robot for the first time on the one hand, and those of experts from the industry on the other hand. By means of in-depth interviews, data on the following topics was gathered from 52 user study participants and six experts: (1) quality of life, health, and security, (2) working conditions and employment, (3) education, (4) cultural context. A content analysis of the interview material derived five key aspects of the future “robotic society”: (1) replacement, (2) competition, (3) safety and supervision, (4) increasing productivity, (5) cost and benefit assessment. Furthermore, a description of what makes a robot different from a machine or a human could be obtained. Additionally, the interviews were supplemented by two standardized questionnaires to measure the participants’ general attitude and acceptance towards robots. The article highlights the difference regarding viewpoints and understandings of the future human-robot relationships between novice users and experts. |
2009 |
Weiss, Astrid; Wurhofer, Daniela; Tscheligi, Manfred “I love this dog”—children’s emotional attachment to the robotic dog AIBO Artikel In: International Journal of Social Robotics, 1 (3), S. 243–248, 2009. @article{weiss2009love, |
Bernhaupt, Regina; Weiss, Astrid; Wilfinger, David; Tscheligi, Manfred Users’ needs, desires, and design preferences for recommendations in the living room Artikel In: Multimedia systems, 15 (3), S. 159–171, 2009. @article{bernhaupt2009users, By using a combination of playful probing, creative cultural probing and technology probing, user needs and desires for recommendations in the living room were investigated. 40 households with a total of 126 participants took part in the ethnographic study. The participants used the probing material, received recommendations from an interactive TV (iTV) recommender system, and logged their TV watching behaviour. The findings show that recommendations should preferably be given within the same media (the iTV system), that users prefer to influence the proposal that they receive rather than getting automated recommendations and that the design should ideally support recommendations for the whole household and additionally for individuals. The study revealed that in order to understand which factors account for a successful recommendation system from the user’s perspective, especially trust and security have to be further investigated. |
2008 |
Bernhaupt, Regina; Obrist, Marianna; Weiss, Astrid; Beck, Elke; Tscheligi, Manfred In: Comput. Entertain., 6 (1), 2008. @article{bernhaupt2008trends, |
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings (Full Papers)
2023 |
Dobrosovestnova, Anna; Pagter, Jesse; Weiss, Astrid Borrowing, Poking and Entangling. In Search of Shared Spaces Between Science and Technology Studies and Human-Robot Interaction Konferenzbeitrag In: Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, S. 21–29, 2023. @inproceedings{dobrosovestnova2023borrowing, |
2022 |
Hannibal, Glenda; Dobrosovestnova, Anna; Weiss, Astrid Tolerating Untrustworthy Robots: Studying Human Vulnerability Experience within a Privacy Scenario for Trust in Robots Konferenzbeitrag In: S. 821–828, 2022. @inproceedings{<LineBreak> 20.500.12708_150342, Focusing on human experience of vulnerability in everyday life interaction scenarios is still a novel approach. So far, only a proof-of-concept online study has been conducted, and to extend this work, we present a follow-up online study. We consider in more detail how human experience of vulnerability caused by a trust violation through a privacy breach affects trust ratings in an interaction scenario with the PEPPER robot assisting with clothes shopping. We report the results from 32 survey responses and 11 semi-structured interviews. Our findings reveal the existence of the privacy paradox also for studying trust in HRI, which is a common observation describing a discrepancy between the stated privacy concerns by people and their behavior to safeguard it. Moreover, we reflect that participants considered only the added value of utility and entertainment when deciding whether or not to interact with the robot again, but not the privacy breach. We conclude that people might tolerate an untrustworthy robot even when they are feeling vulnerable in the everyday life situation of clothes shopping. |
Dobrosovestnova, Anna; Schwaninger, Isabel; Weiss, Astrid With a Little Help of Humans. An Exploratory Study of Delivery Robots Stuck in Snow Konferenzbeitrag In: S. 1023–1029, 2022. @inproceedings{<LineBreak> 20.500.12708_139867, People's willingness to help robots has been explored in the lab and in the wild in various settings. While previous studies relied on robotic prototypes, service robots are now already deployed in public spaces. This presents a novel and exciting opportunity for human-robot interaction (HRI) scholars to study robotic technologies in the context of their deployment. In this paper, we present the qualitative methodology and the outcomes of an exploratory mixed-methods (observations, autoethnography, online content analysis) study of people voluntarily helping commercially deployed delivery robots in Tallinn, Estonia. Based on the cumulative findings of the three methods, we discuss how spontaneous help towards robots manifested, the situational factors that may have contributed to the observed helping behaviors, and the role that the perceptions of the robots as cute and helpful may have played in these interactions. While our findings support the assumption that human help is a reasonable mitigation strategy to overcoming the challenges service robots may face in uncontrolled environments, we also emphasize the importance of considering the ethical implications when commercial technology relies in part on passersby to succeed in its tasks. |
2021 |
Hannibal, Glenda; Weiss, Astrid; Charisi, Vicky "The robot may not notice my discomfort"--Examining the Experience of Vulnerability for Trust in Human-Robot Interaction Konferenzbeitrag In: 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), S. 704–711, IEEE 2021. @inproceedings{hannibal2021robot, |
Weiss, Astrid; Pillinger, Anna; Tsiourti, Christiana Merely a Conventional ‘Diffusion’ Problem? On the Adoption Process of Anki Vector Konferenzbeitrag In: 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), S. 712–719, IEEE 2021. @inproceedings{weiss2021merelyb, |
2020 |
Tolmeijer, Suzanne; Weiss, Astrid; Hanheide, Marc; Lindner, Felix; Powers, Thomas M; Dixon, Clare; Tielman, Myrthe L Taxonomy of Trust-Relevant Failures and Mitigation Strategies Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, S. 3–12, Association for Computing Machinery, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2020, ISBN: 9781450367462. @inproceedings{tolmeijer2020, |
Schmidbauer, Christina; Umele, Marcel; Zigart, Tanja; Weiss, Astrid; Schlund, Sebastian On the Intention to Use the Pepper Robot as Communication Channel in a Business Context: Results of a User Acceptance Survey Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, S. 204–211, Association for Computing Machinery, Virtual Event, USA, 2020, ISBN: 9781450380546. @inproceedings{10.1145/3406499.3415062, This paper presents the results of a user acceptance survey (based on the Technology Acceptance Model ? TAM) of the humanoid social robot Pepper as a communication channel in different information retrieval scenarios in a business context. In total, 239 passers-by participated in the survey, which had a specific focus on the impact of perceived safety and security aspects. The results revealed a positive assessment of its perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness. It also showed how safety, data protection, and privacy concerns impact the intention to use the robot. The study findings are supported by the outcomes of eight expert interviews. |
2019 |
Zafari, Sethare; Schwaninger, Isabel; Hirschmanner, Matthias; Schmidbauer, Christina; Weiss, Astrid; Koeszegi, Sabine T “You Are Doing so Great!” – The Effect of a Robot’s Interaction Style on Self-Efficacy in HRI Konferenzbeitrag In: 2019 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), S. 1-7, 2019, ISSN: 1944-9445. @inproceedings{zafari2019, |
Jäggle, Georg; Vincze, Markus; Weiss, Astrid; Koppensteiner, Gottfried; Lepuschitz, Wilfried; Stefan, Zakall; Merdan, Munir Educational Robotics---Engage Young Students in Project-Based Learning Konferenzbeitrag In: Auer, Michael E; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos (Hrsg.): The Challenges of the Digital Transformation in Education, S. 360–371, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-030-11935-5. @inproceedings{jaeggle2019, This paper reports on the impact of a cross-generational project, which links seniors' needs and high school students' expertise with the development of the student's self-efficacy, communication and collaboration skills as well as their interests. The project iBridge integrates in its framework several different out-school activities with the concrete development of a prototypical service assistant (a cuddly toy robot) for seniors. During the study, the self-efficacy is measured with questionnaires. Students' communication skill is demonstrated during interviews and in their interactions training elderly people in computer technology. Collaboration skills and responsible work efforts are manifested in their team efforts to develop a robotic prototype. The study also shows different outcomes for students participating in iBridge and students who are not involved in the project. |
Jäggle, Georg; Vincze, Markus; Weiss, Astrid; Koppensteiner, Gottfried; Lepuschitz, Wilfried; Merdan, Munir iBridge - Participative Cross-Generational Approach with Educational Robotics Konferenzbeitrag In: Lepuschitz, Wilfried; Merdan, Munir; Koppensteiner, Gottfried; Balogh, Richard; ž, David Obdr (Hrsg.): Robotics in Education, S. 263–274, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-319-97085-1. @inproceedings{jaeggle2019b, Robotics is both a technology and a factor that can be used to increase the interest of pupils and students in science and engineering. The project iBridge targets this issue and linked vocational schools and universities with older adults and students in order to increase their interest in innovative technology. This project is a cross-generational project that will engage the students in social and cross-cultural research topics through the application of robotics. In this paper, we introduce the project that allows students to take over the role of a co-researcher who investigate the demands and requirements of older adults towards an assistive service robot. The task of the pupils is to introduce the older adults to computer technology at a Pensioners' Club and develop a sensitive cuddly toy as a service robot within a series of workshops. |
2018 |
Weiss, Astrid; Hannibal, Glenda What Makes People Accept or Reject Companion Robots? A Research Agenda Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, S. 397–404, Association for Computing Machinery, Corfu, Greece, 2018, ISBN: 9781450363907. @inproceedings{weiss2018, |
2017 |
Tsiourti, Christiana; Weiss, Astrid; Wac, Katarzyna; Vincze, Markus Designing Emotionally Expressive Robots: A Comparative Study on the Perception of Communication Modalities Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Human Agent Interaction, S. 213–222, Association for Computing Machinery, Bielefeld, Germany, 2017, ISBN: 9781450351133. @inproceedings{tsiourti2017, |
2016 |
Huber, Andreas; Weiss, Astrid; Rauhala, Marjo The ethical risk of attachment how to identify, investigate and predict potential ethical risks in the development of social companion robots Konferenzbeitrag In: 2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 367-374, 2016, ISSN: 2167-2148. @inproceedings{huber16, |
Bajones, Markus; Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus Help, Anyone? A User Study For Modeling Robotic Behavior To Mitigate Malfunctions With The Help Of The User Konferenzbeitrag In: 2016. @inproceedings{bajones2016, |
2015 |
Weiss, Astrid; Bartneck, Christoph Meta analysis of the usage of the Godspeed Questionnaire Series Konferenzbeitrag In: 2015 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), S. 381-388, 2015, ISSN: null. @inproceedings{weiss2015a, |
2014 |
Stadler, Susanne; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred I Trained this robot: The impact of pre-experience and execution behavior on robot teachers Konferenzbeitrag In: The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, S. 1030-1036, 2014, ISSN: 1944-9437. @inproceedings{stadler2014, |
Vincze, Markus; Zagler, Wolfgang; Lammer, Lara; Weiss, Astrid; Huber, Andreas; Fischinger, David; Koertner, Tobias; Schmid, Alexandra; Gisinger, Christoph Towards a Robot for Supporting Older People to Stay Longer Independent at Home Konferenzbeitrag In: ISR/Robotik 2014; 41st International Symposium on Robotics, S. 1-7, 2014, ISSN: null. @inproceedings{vincze2014, |
Lammer, Lara; Huber, Andreas; Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus Mutual Care: How older adults react when they should help their care robot Konferenzbeitrag In: AISB2014: Proceedings of the 3rd international symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot interaction, 2014. @inproceedings{lammer2014, |
Zagler, Wolfgang L; Mayer, Peter; Panek, Paul; Vincze, Markus; Weiss, Astrid; Bajones, Markus; de la Puente, Paloma; Fischinger, David; Huber, Andreas; Lammer, Lara Roboter-Unterstützung zu Hause-Das Projekt HOBBIT Konferenzbeitrag In: Deutscher AAL-Kongreß. Berlin, 2014. @inproceedings{zagler2014roboter, |
2013 |
Raneburger, D; Popp, R; Falb, J; Weixelbaumer, B; Mirnig, N; Weiss, A; Tscheligi, M; Ratzer, B A case study in automated GUI generation for multiple devices Konferenzbeitrag In: 2013 Africon, S. 1-6, 2013, ISSN: 2153-0025. @inproceedings{raneburger2013, |
Stollnberger, Gerald; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred ``The harder it gets''-- Exploring the interdependency of input modalities and task complexity in human-robot collaboration Konferenzbeitrag In: 2013 IEEE RO-MAN, S. 264-269, 2013, ISSN: 1944-9437. @inproceedings{stollnberger2013, |
Kluckner, Patricia M; Buchner, Roland; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Collaborative reporting tools: An analysis of maintainance activites in a semiconductor factory Konferenzbeitrag In: 2013 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS), S. 508-515, 2013, ISSN: null. @inproceedings{kluckner2013, |
Osswald, Sebastian; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Designing wearable devices for the factory: Rapid contextual experience prototyping Konferenzbeitrag In: 2013 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS), S. 517-521, 2013, ISSN: null. @inproceedings{osswald2013, |
Krischkowsky, Alina; Weiss, Astrid; Osswald, Sebastian; Tscheligi, Manfred Evaluating a social media platform in a large-scale international company: A five action approach Konferenzbeitrag In: 2013 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS), S. 99-106, 2013, ISSN: null. @inproceedings{krischkowsky2013, |
Buchner, Roland; Wurhofer, Daniela; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Robots in Time: How User Experience in Human-Robot Interaction Changes over Time Konferenzbeitrag In: ICSR2013: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Robotics, S. 138–147, Springer International Publishing 2013. @inproceedings{buchner2013robots, |
Bruckenberger, Ulrike; Weiss, Astrid; Mirnig, Nicole; Strasser, Ewald; Stadler, Susanne; Tscheligi, Manfred The Good, The Bad, The Weird: Audience Evaluation of a “Real” Robot in Relation to Science Fiction and Mass Media Konferenzbeitrag In: ICSR2013: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Robotics, S. 301–310, Springer International Publishing 2013. @inproceedings{bruckenberger2013good, |
Kluckner, Patricia M; Weiss, Astrid; Schrammel, Johann; Tscheligi, Manfred Exploring Persuasion in the Home: Results of a Long-Term Study on Energy Consumption Behavior Konferenzbeitrag In: Ami2013: Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence, S. 150–165, Springer International Publishing 2013. @inproceedings{kluckner2013exploring, |
2012 |
Buchner, Roland; Mirnig, Nicole; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Evaluating in real life robotic environment: Bringing together research and practice Konferenzbeitrag In: 2012 IEEE RO-MAN: The 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, S. 602-607, 2012, ISSN: 1944-9445. @inproceedings{buchner2012evaluating, |
Mirnig, Nicole; Gonsior, Barbara; Sosnowski, Stefan; Landsiedel, Christian; Wollherr, Dirk; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Feedback guidelines for multimodal human-robot interaction: How should a robot give feedback when asking for directions? Konferenzbeitrag In: 2012 IEEE RO-MAN: The 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, S. 533-538, 2012, ISSN: 1944-9445. @inproceedings{mirnig2012feedback, |
Zwennes, Olaf; Weiss, Astrid; Visser, Arnoud Adapting the mapping diffculty for the automatic generation of rescue challenges Konferenzbeitrag In: RIOS2012: Proceedings of the RoboCup IranOpen 2012 Symposium, S. 1–7, 2012. @inproceedings{zwennes2012adapting, |
Mirnig, Nicole; Strasser, Ewald; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Studies in Public Places as a Means to Positively Influence People’s Attitude towards Robots Konferenzbeitrag In: ICSR2012: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social Robotics, S. 209–218, Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012. @inproceedings{mirnig2012studies, |
Strasser, Ewald; Weiss, Astrid; Grill, Thomas; Osswald, Sebastian; Tscheligi, Manfred Combining implicit and explicit methods for the evaluation of an ambient persuasive factory display Konferenzbeitrag In: AmI2012: Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, S. 113–128, Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012. @inproceedings{strasser2012combining, |
Kandlhofer, Martin; Steinbauer, Gerald; Sundström, Petra; Weiss, Astrid Evaluating the long-term impact of RoboCupJunior: A first investigation Konferenzbeitrag In: RiE2012: Proceedings of the International Robotics in Education Conference, S. 87–94, 2012. @inproceedings{kandlhofer2012evaluating, |
2011 |
Mirnig, Nicole; Riegler, Stefan; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred A case study on the effect of feedback on itinerary requests in human-robot interaction Konferenzbeitrag In: 2011 RO-MAN, S. 343-349, 2011, ISSN: 1944-9437. @inproceedings{mirnig2011acase, |
Mechtscherjakov, Alexander; Kluckner, Patricia M; Pöhr, Florian; Reitberger, Wolfgang; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred; Hohenwarter, Karl Heinz; Oswald, Peter Ambient persuasion in the factory: The case of the Operator Guide Konferenzbeitrag In: 2011 IEEE/SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference, S. 1-6, 2011, ISSN: 1078-8743. @inproceedings{meschtscherjakov2011ambient, |
Buss, Martin; Carton, Daniel; Gonsior, Barbara; Kuehnlenz, Kolja; Landsiedel, Christian; Mitsou, Nikos; de Nijs, Roderick; Zlotowski, Jakub; Sosnowski, Stefan; Strasser, Ewald; others, Towards proactive human-robot interaction in human environments Konferenzbeitrag In: CogInfoCom 2011: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications, S. 1–6, IEEE 2011. @inproceedings{buss2011towards, |
Schrammel, Johann; Gerdenitsch, Cornelia; Weiss, Astrid; Kluckner, Patricia M; Tscheligi, Manfred FORE-Watch--The clock that tells you when to use: Persuading users to align their energy consumption with green power availability Konferenzbeitrag In: AmI2011: Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence, S. 157–166, Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011. @inproceedings{schrammel2011fore, |
Weiss, Astrid; Mirnig, Nicole; Buchner, Roland; Förster, Florian; Tscheligi, Manfred Transferring human-human interaction studies to HRI scenarios in public space Konferenzbeitrag In: INTERACT2011: Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, S. 230–247, Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011. @inproceedings{weiss2011transferring, |
ł, Jakub Z; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Interaction scenarios for HRI in public space Konferenzbeitrag In: ICSR2011: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Robotics, S. 1–10, Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011. @inproceedings{zlotowski2011interaction, |
2010 |
Weiss, Astrid; Wurhofer, Daniela; Bernhaupt, Regina; Altmaninger, Martin; Tscheligi, Manfred A methodological adaptation for heuristic evaluation of HRI Konferenzbeitrag In: 19th International Symposium in Robot and Human Interactive Communication, S. 1-6, 2010, ISSN: 1944-9445. @inproceedings{weiss2010amethodological, |
Weiss, Astrid; Igelsböck, Judith; Pierro, Pietro; Buchner, Roland; Balaguer, Carlos; Tscheligi, Manfred User perception of usability aspects in indirect HRI - a chain of translations Konferenzbeitrag In: 19th International Symposium in Robot and Human Interactive Communication, S. 539-545, 2010, ISSN: 1944-9445. @inproceedings{weiss2010user, |
Weiss, Astrid; Igelsböck, Judith; Tscheligi, Manfred; Bauer, Andrea; Kühnlenz, Kolja; Wollherr, Dirk; Buss, Martin Robots asking for directions — The willingness of passers-by to support robots Konferenzbeitrag In: 2010 5th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 23-30, 2010, ISSN: 2167-2148. @inproceedings{weiss2010robots, |
Bernhaupt, Regina; Weiss, Astrid; Pirker, Michael; Wilfinger, David; Tscheligi, Manfred Ethnographic insights on security, privacy, and personalization aspects of user interaction in interactive TV Konferenzbeitrag In: EuroiTV2010: Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Interactive Television, S. 187–196, ACM 2010. @inproceedings{bernhaupt2010ethnographic, |
Weiss, Astrid; Foerster, Florian; Wurhofer, Daniela; Tscheligi, Manfred Development of HRI Models by means of a Cognitive Walkthrough Approach Konferenzbeitrag In: AISB2010: Proceedings Second International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction, S. 128–135, 2010. @inproceedings{weiss2010development, |
Weiss, Astrid; Scherndl, Thomas; Buchner, Roland; Tscheligi, Manfred A Robot as Persuasive Social Actor A Field Trial on Child-Robot Interaction Konferenzbeitrag In: AISB2010: Proceedings Second International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction, S. 136–142, 2010. @inproceedings{weiss2010robotb, |
2009 |
Weiss, Astrid; Igelsböck, Judith; Calinon, Sylvain; Billard, Aude; Tscheligi, Manfred Teaching a humanoid: A user study on learning by demonstration with HOAP-3 Konferenzbeitrag In: RO-MAN 2009 - The 18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, S. 147-152, 2009, ISSN: 1944-9437. @inproceedings{weiss2009teaching, |
Weiss, Astrid; Bernhaupt, Regina; Lankes, Michael; Tscheligi, Manfred The usus evaluation framework for human-robot interaction Konferenzbeitrag In: AISB2009: Proceedings of the Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction, S. 11–26, 2009. @inproceedings{weiss2009usus, |
Weiss, Astrid; Bernhaupt, Regina; Tscheligi, Manfred; Yoshida, Eiichi Addressing user experience and societal impact in a user study with a humanoid robot Konferenzbeitrag In: AISB2009: Proceedings of the Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction, S. 150–157, 2009. @inproceedings{weiss2009addressing, |
Mirlacher, Thomas; Buchner, Roland; Förster, Florian; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Ambient rabbits likeability of embodied ambient displays Konferenzbeitrag In: AmI2009: Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, S. 164–173, Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2009. @inproceedings{mirlacher2009ambient, |
Weiss, Astrid; Bernhaupt, Regina; Schwaiger, Daniel; Altmaninger, Martin; Buchner, Roland; Tscheligi, Manfred User experience evaluation with a Wizard of Oz approach: Technical and methodological considerations Konferenzbeitrag In: Humanoids2009: Proceedings of the 9th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoids Robotics, S. 303–308, IEEE 2009. @inproceedings{weiss2009user, |
Weiss, Astrid; Wurhofer, Daniela; Buchner, Roland; Tscheligi, Manfred; Blasi, Lorenzo; Plebani, Marco Development of a teleoperator interface for humanoid robots by means of heuristic evaluation technique Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS), S. 236–241, 2009. @inproceedings{weiss2009development, |
Weiss, Astrid; Igelsböck, Judith; Wurhofer, Daniela; Tscheligi, Manfred Looking forward to a “Robotic Society”?-Imaginations of Future Human-Robot Relationships Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Human-Robot Personal Relationships (HRPR2009), 2009. @inproceedings{weiss2009looking, |
2008 |
Weiss, Astrid; Bernhaupt, Regina; Tscheligi, Manfred; Wollherr, Dirk; Kuhnlenz, Kolja; Buss, Martin A methodological variation for acceptance evaluation of Human-Robot Interaction in public places Konferenzbeitrag In: RO-MAN 2008 - The 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, S. 713-718, 2008, ISSN: 1944-9437. @inproceedings{weiss2008amethodological, |
Bernhaupt, Regina; Wilfinger, David; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred An Ethnographic Study on Recommendations in the Living Room: Implications for the Design of ITV Recommender Systems Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Changing Television Environments, S. 92–101, Springer-Verlag, Salzburg, Austria, 2008, ISBN: 9783540694779. @inproceedings{bernhaupt2008anethnographic, |
2007 |
Bernhaupt, Regina; Weiss, Astrid; Obrist, Marianna; Tscheligi, Manfred Playful Probing: Making Probing More Fun Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 11th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, S. 606–619, Springer-Verlag, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007, ISBN: 354074794X. @inproceedings{bernhaupt2007playful, |
Bernhaupt, Regina; Obrist, Marianna; Weiss, Astrid; Beck, Elke; Tscheligi, Manfred Trends in the Living Room and Beyond Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Interactive TV and Video, S. 146–155, Springer-Verlag, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2007, ISBN: 9783540725589. @inproceedings{bernhaupt2007trends, |
Obrist, M; Weiss, A; Tscheligi, M Evaluating user-generated content creation across contexts and cultures Konferenzbeitrag In: IAMCR2007: Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conferences of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, 2007. @inproceedings{obrist2007evaluating, |
Bernhaupt, Regina; Obrist, Marianna; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Enhanced Cultural Probes: How to support active user participation in audience research Konferenzbeitrag In: 2007. @inproceedings{bernhaupt2007enhanced, |
Peer-reviewed Short Papers and Posters
2023 |
Brunnmayr, Katharina; Weiss, Astrid Bridging the Gap: Using a Game-based Approach to Raise Lay People's Awareness About Care Robots Konferenzbeitrag In: Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, S. 452–455, 2023. @inproceedings{brunnmayr2023bridging, |
2021 |
Weiss, Astrid; Vrecar, Rafael; Zamiechowska, Joanna; Purgathofer, Peter Using the Design of Adversarial Chatbots as a Means to Expose Computer Science Students to the Importance of Ethics and Responsible Design of AI Technologies Konferenzbeitrag In: IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, S. 331–339, Springer, Cham 2021. @inproceedings{weiss2021using, |
2020 |
Weiss, Astrid; Pillinger, Anna; Spiel, Katta; Zauchner-Studnicka, Sabine Inconsequential Appearances: An Analysis of Anthropomorphic Language in Voice Assistant Forums Konferenzbeitrag In: Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, S. 1–7, Association for Computing Machinery, Honolulu, HI, USA, 2020, ISBN: 9781450368193. @inproceedings{weiss2020, |
Tsiourti, Christiana; Pillinger, Anna; Weiss, Astrid Was Vector a Companion during Shutdown? Insights from an Ethnographic Study in Austria Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, S. 269–271, Association for Computing Machinery, Virtual Event, USA, 2020, ISBN: 9781450380546. @inproceedings{Tsiourti2020, The COVID-19 pandemic led to shutdowns in several countries all over the world, including Austria (March to April 2020). In February 2020 we initiated an ethnographic study to explore the adoption of the commercially available robot Anki Vector in eight households. The fourth household visit of this study happened right during the shutdown, and was thus conducted online. We were particularly curious to see if being isolated at home increased (or changed) peoples' engagement with Vector (as we expected people to have more time with the robot and a higher need for entertainment and companionship). Our interviews revealed that novel use cases emerged during the shutdown: a single-person household found a way to integrate Vector in their Yoga routine, and video calls with family and friends. However, we did not find a qualitative indication that engagement with Vector increased during the shutdown period. This goes in line with findings from fellow researchers suggesting that commercially available service robots fail to engage their users in the longer term. |
2019 |
Schwaninger, Isabel; Fitzpatrick, Geraldine; Weiss, Astrid Exploring Trust in Human-Agent Collaboration Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET) 2019. @inproceedings{schwaninger2019, |
2017 |
Huber, Andreas; Weiss, Astrid Developing Human-Robot Interaction for an Industry 4.0 Robot: How Industry Workers Helped to Improve Remote-HRI to Physical-HRI Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, S. 137–138, Association for Computing Machinery, Vienna, Austria, 2017, ISBN: 9781450348850. @inproceedings{huber2017, |
Bajones, Markus; Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus Investigating the Influence of Culture on Helping Behavior Towards Service Robots Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, S. 75–76, Association for Computing Machinery, Vienna, Austria, 2017, ISBN: 9781450348850. @inproceedings{bajones2017, |
2016 |
Vincze, Markus; Fischinger, David; Bajones, Markus; Wolf, Daniel; Suchi, Markus; Lammer, Lara; Weiss, Astrid; Pripfl, Juergen; Koertner, Tobias; Gisinger, Christoph What Older Adults would Like a robot to Do in Their Homes - First results from a User Study in the Homes of Users Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of ISR 2016: 47st International Symposium on Robotics, S. 1-7, 2016, ISSN: null. @inproceedings{vincze2016, |
Pripfl, Jürgen; Körtner, Tobias; Batko-Klein, Daliah; Hebesberger, Denise; Weninger, Markus; Gisinger, Christoph; Frennert, Susanne; Eftring, Hakan; Antona, Margarita; Adami, Ilia; Weiss, Astrid; Bajones, Markus; Vincze, Markus Results of a real world trial with a mobile social service robot for older adults Konferenzbeitrag In: 2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 497-498, 2016, ISSN: 2167-2148. @inproceedings{pripfl2016, |
Vincze, Markus; Bajones, Markus; Suchi, Markus; Wolf, Daniel; Weiss, Astrid; Fischinger, David; da la Puente, Paloma Learning and Detecting Objects with a Mobile Robot to Assist Older Adults in Their Homes Konferenzbeitrag In: Hua, Gang; Jégou, Hervé (Hrsg.): Computer Vision -- ECCV 2016 Workshops, S. 316–330, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-319-48881-3. @inproceedings{vincze2016b, Older adults reported that a robot in their homes would be of great help if it could find objects that users regularly search for. We propose an interactive method to learn objects directly with the user and the robot and then use the RGB-D model to search for the object in the scene. The robot presents a turntable to the user for rotating the part in front of its camera and obtain a full 3D model. The user is asked to turn the object upside down and the two half-models are merged. The model is then used at predefined search locations for detecting the object on tables or other horizontal surfaces. Experiments in three environments, up to 14 objects and a total of 1080 scenes indicate that present detection methods need to be considerably improved to provide a good service to users. We analyse the results and contribute to the discussion on how to overcome limited image quality and resolution by exploiting the robotic system. |
Weiss, Astrid; Huber, Andreas User Experience of a Smart Factory Robot: Assembly Line Workers Demand Adaptive Robots Konferenzbeitrag In: 2016. @inproceedings{weiss2016c, |
2015 |
Lammer, Lara; Hirschmanner, Matthias; Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus Crazy robots: an introduction to robotics from the product developer’s perspective Konferenzbeitrag In: 6th International Conference on Robotics in Education RIE, 2015. @inproceedings{lammer2015, |
Buchner, Roland; Fuchsberger, Verena; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Designing for the Factory: UX Prototyping for the Cleanroom Konferenzbeitrag In: INTERACT 2015 Adjunct Proceedings: 15th IFIP TC. 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, S. 145, University of Bamberg Press 2015. @inproceedings{buchner2015, |
Lammer, Lara; Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus The 5-Step Plan Konferenzbeitrag In: Abascal, Julio; Barbosa, Simone; Fetter, Mirko; Gross, Tom; Palanque, Philippe; Winckler, Marco (Hrsg.): Human-Computer Interaction -- INTERACT 2015, S. 557–564, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2015, ISBN: 978-3-319-22668-2. @inproceedings{lammer2015the5step, When children and adults work together as partners throughout the design process in a collaborative and elaborative manner, children come up with a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. The 5-step plan is a holistic approach that empowers children as robotic product designers. Researchers as well as educators can use the approach to introduce children with different interests to robotics and explore their interests, desires and needs regarding interactive technology like robots. In this paper, we describe the 5-step plan and present our findings on children's robotic product ideas from three case studies. |
Lammer, Lara; Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus The 5-Step Plan: A Holistic Approach to Investigate Children's Ideas on Future Robotic Products Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Extended Abstracts, S. 69–70, Association for Computing Machinery, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2015, ISBN: 9781450333184. @inproceedings{lammer20155step, Many educational robotics activities involve children with bottom-up approaches and pre-set robot tasks. However, robotics for education can be much more if used in holistic, non-task deterministic ways, like when children develop design concepts for their favorite robots. The 5-step plan offers a simple yet effective structure for this creative process. Researchers as well as educators can use it to introduce many children to robotics, not only the ones interested in becoming engineers or scientists, while at the same time explore the ideas and needs for a wide range of future robotic products and services from a children's perspective. |
2014 |
Weiss, Astrid; Bader, Markus; Vincze, Markus; Hasenhütl, Gert; Moritsch, Stefan Designing a Service Robot for Public Space: An ``Action and Experiences''- Approach Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, S. 318–319, Association for Computing Machinery, Bielefeld, Germany, 2014, ISBN: 9781450326582. @inproceedings{weiss2014a, |
Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus; Panek, Paul; Mayer, Peter Don’t Bother Me: Users’ Reactions to Different Robot Disturbing Behaviors Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, S. 320–321, Association for Computing Machinery, Bielefeld, Germany, 2014, ISBN: 9781450326582. @inproceedings{weiss2014b, |
Baumgaertner, Bert; Weiss, Astrid Do emotions matter in the ethics of human--robot interaction? Artificial empathy and companion robots Konferenzbeitrag In: International symposium on new frontiers in human--robot interaction, London, UK, 2014. @inproceedings{baumgaertner2014emotions, |
2013 |
Stadler, Susanne; Weiss, Astrid; Mirnig, Nicole; Tscheligi, Manfred Anthropomorphism in the factory - a paradigm change? Konferenzbeitrag In: 2013 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 231-232, 2013, ISSN: 2167-2148. @inproceedings{stadler2013, |
Stollnberger, Gerald; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Input modality and task complexity: Do they relate? Konferenzbeitrag In: 2013 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 233-234, 2013, ISSN: 2167-2148. @inproceedings{stollnberger2013b, |
Strasser, Ewald; Weiss, Astrid; Buchner, Roland; Tscheligi, Manfred Alert in the Cleanroom: Testing Alerting Modalities for a Task Guiding Interface Konferenzbeitrag In: CHI ’13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, S. 661–666, Association for Computing Machinery, Paris, France, 2013, ISBN: 9781450319522. @inproceedings{strasser2013alert, |
Kluckner, Patricia M; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Where to place my ambient persuasive display? insights from a six-month study Konferenzbeitrag In: International Conference on Persuasive Technology, S. 110–115, Springer 2013. @inproceedings{kluckner2013place, |
Buchner, Roland; Kluckner, Patricia M; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Assisting maintainers in the semiconductor factory: iterative co-design of a mobile interface and a situated display Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, S. 1–2, 2013. @inproceedings{buchner2013assisting, |
Krischkowsky, Alina; Weiss, Astrid; Osswald, Sebastian; Tscheligi, Manfred Enhancing company communication: The case of a social media platform Konferenzbeitrag In: CHI'13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, S. 2347–2348, 2013. @inproceedings{krischkowsky2013enhancing, |
2012 |
Strasser, Ewald; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Affect Misattribution Procedure: An implicit technique to measure user experience in HRI Konferenzbeitrag In: 2012 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 243-244, 2012, ISSN: 2167-2121. @inproceedings{strasser2012affect, |
Sardar, A; Joosse, M; Weiss, A; Evers, V Don't stand so close to me: Users' attitudinal and behavioral responses to personal space invasion by robots Konferenzbeitrag In: 2012 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 229-230, 2012, ISSN: 2167-2121. @inproceedings{sardar2012dont, |
Weiss, Astrid HRI research: The interdisciplinary challenge or the dawning of the discipline? Konferenzbeitrag In: 2012 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 271-271, 2012, ISSN: 2167-2121. @inproceedings{weiss2012c, |
Złotowski, Jakub; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Navigating in public space: Participants' evaluation of a robot's approach behavior Konferenzbeitrag In: 2012 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 283-284, 2012, ISSN: 2167-2121. @inproceedings{zlotowski2012, |
Buchner, Roland; Wurhofer, Daniela; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred User experience of industrial robots over time Konferenzbeitrag In: 2012 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 115-116, 2012, ISSN: 2167-2121. @inproceedings{buchner2012user, |
Kluckner, Patricia M; Buchner, Roland; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Repair Now: Collaboration between Maintainers, Operators and Equipment in a Cleanroom Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work Companion, S. 143–146, Association for Computing Machinery, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2012, ISBN: 9781450310512. @inproceedings{kluckner2012repair, |
Osswald, Sebastian; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, M Designing for the factory: wearable experience prototyping for idea communication Konferenzbeitrag In: Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS2012, Newcastle, UK, 2012. @inproceedings{osswald2012designing, |
Weiss, Astrid; van Dijk, Betsy; Evers, Vanessa Knowing Me Knowing You: Exploring Effects of Culture and Context on Perception of Robot Personality Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration, S. 133–136, Association for Computing Machinery, Bengaluru, India, 2012, ISBN: 9781450308182. @inproceedings{weiss2012knowing, We carry out a set of experiments to assess collaboration between human users and robots in a cross-cultural setting. This paper describes the study design and deployment of a video-based study to investigate task-dependence and cultural-background dependence of the personality trait attribution on a socially interactive robot. In Human-Robot Interaction, as well as in Human-Agent Interaction research, the attribution of personality traits towards intelligent agents has already been researched intensively in terms of the social similarity or complementary rule. We assume that searching the explanation for personality trait attribution in the similarity and complementary rule does not take into account important contextual factors. Just like people equate certain personality types to certain professions, we expect that people may have certain personality expectations depending on the context of the task the robot carries out. Because professions have different social meaning in different national culture, we also expect that these task-dependent personality preferences differ across cultures. Therefore, we suggest an experiment that considers the task-context and the cultural-background of users. |
2011 |
Mirnig, Nicole; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred A communication structure for human-robot itinerary requests Konferenzbeitrag In: 2011 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 205-206, 2011, ISSN: 2167-2121. @inproceedings{mirnig2011acommunication, |
Buchner, Roland; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Development of a context model based on video analysis Konferenzbeitrag In: 2011 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 117-118, 2011, ISSN: 2167-2121. @inproceedings{buchner2011development, |
Förster, Florian; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Anthropomorphic Design for an Interactive Urban Robot: The Right Design Approach Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, S. 137–138, Association for Computing Machinery, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2011, ISBN: 9781450305617. @inproceedings{forster2011anthropomorphic, The paper presents the first step of a user-centered design process for a robot designated to operate in urban public space. A participatory design workshop was conducted to challenge the anthropomorphic design approach assumed by the designers and elicit user requirements for the design. In contrast to the expectations, the results show a tendency towards a preference of a non-anthropomorphic design. |
Wilfinger, David; Meschtscherjakov, Alexander; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Christian doppler laboratory: contextual interfaces Konferenzbeitrag In: 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), S. 675–676, Springer 2011. @inproceedings{wilfinger2011christian, |
2009 |
Weiss, Astrid; Wurhofer, Daniela; Lankes, Michael; Tscheligi, Manfred Autonomous vs. tele-operated: How people perceive human-robot collaboration with HRP-2 Konferenzbeitrag In: 2009 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 257-258, 2009, ISSN: 2167-2121. @inproceedings{weiss2009autonomous, |
Weiss, Astrid; Scherndl, Thomas; Tscheligi, Manfred; Billard, Aude Evaluating the ICRA 2008 HRI challenge Konferenzbeitrag In: 2009 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), S. 261-262, 2009, ISSN: 2167-2121. @inproceedings{weiss2009evaluating, |
Weiss, Astrid; Buchner, Roland; Scherndl, Thomas; Tscheligi, Manfred I Would Choose the Other Card: Humanoid Robot Gives an Advice Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, S. 259–260, Association for Computing Machinery, La Jolla, California, USA, 2009, ISBN: 9781605584041. @inproceedings{weiss2009iwould, |
Wilfinger, David; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Exploring Shopping Information and Navigation Strategies with a Mobile Device Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Association for Computing Machinery, Bonn, Germany, 2009, ISBN: 9781605582818. @inproceedings{wilfinger2009exploring, In this article a field trial is presented that explores shopping information and navigation strategies and evaluates if the spectacles camera is beneficial as mobile device for this research context. The spectacles camera, a small camera installed in a pair of glasses, was used as exploration instrument in a shopping mall where passers-by could take part in a field trial on a voluntary basis. The goal of the field trial was twofold: 1.) Gaining insights on shoppers' behavior. 2.) Investigating the feasibility of the spectacles camera as exploration instrument. The field trial gave insights on navigation patterns and constituting elements of interest points of participants' shopping behavior, while the spectacles camera proved its value for investigating shopping strategies in the field. |
2008 |
Lankes, Michael; Riegler, Stefan; Weiss, Astrid; Mirlacher, Thomas; Pirker, Michael; Tscheligi, Manfred Facial Expressions as Game Input with Different Emotional Feedback Conditions Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, S. 253–256, Association for Computing Machinery, Yokohama, Japan, 2008, ISBN: 9781605583938. @inproceedings{lankes2008, We propose a game design approach that utilizes facial expressions as an input method under different emotional feedback configurations. A study was conducted in a shopping centre to assess our game "EmoFlowers" focusing on user experience and user effectiveness. The study revealed that interaction with a game via facial expression is perceived naturally, is easy to learn, and provides a positive user experience. |
Weiss, Astrid; Wurhofer, Daniela; Bernhaupt, Regina; Beck, Elke; Tscheligi, Manfred "This is a Flying Shopping Trolley": A Case Study of Participatory Design with Children in a Shopping Context Konferenzbeitrag In: Proceedings of the Tenth Anniversary Conference on Participatory Design 2008, S. 254–257, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2008, ISBN: 9780981856100. @inproceedings{weiss2008this, Participatory design methods are increasingly used to investigate design ideas for new forms of information and communication technologies. We present a methodological variation of a user-centered idea generation, with children using a playful setting in the real usage context. This playful context-aware design workshop with children is situated directly in the context for which the device should be designed: the shopping context. To investigate the methodological concept we have conducted a three day design workshop with children to find out if this method can be beneficially used to provide recommendations for the design of new forms of information and communication technologies, especially mobile devices. We could show that this method can be useful to stimulate the creativity of children, helping them to focus on the usage context by a high number of shopping context related inventions. |
Workshop Position Papers
2016 |
Bajones, Markus; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Log Data Analysis of Long-Term Household Trials: Lessons Learned and Pitfalls Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at The challenge(not) to go wild! Challenges and best practices to study HRI in natural interaction settings at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2016. @inproceedings{bajones2016logdata, |
2014 |
Bajones, Markus; Huber, Andreas; Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus Towards more flexible HRI: How to adapt to the user? Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at the ``On Cognitive Architectures for Human-Robot Interaction Workshop'' at 9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2014. @inproceedings{bajones2014towards, |
Vincze, Markus; Weiss, Astrid; Lammer, Lara; Huber, Andreas; Gatterer, Gerald On the discrepancy between present service robots and older persons’ needs Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at the ``New frontiers of service robotics for the elderly'', at 23rd IEEE international symposium on robot and human interactive communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2014), 2014. @inproceedings{vincze2014discrepancy, |
Weiss, Astrid; Vincze, Markus Exploring Joint Action for Alternative Finding: Proposal of a Human-Human Study to Inform Human-Robot Collaboration Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at ``Fja2014: Towards a Framework for Joint Action,'' at 23rd IEEE international symposium on robot and human interactive communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2014), 2014. @inproceedings{weiss2014exploringjoint, |
Vincze, Markus; Zagler, Wolfgang; Lammer, Lara; Weiss, Astrid; Huber, Andreas; Fischinger, David; Koertner, Tobias; Schmid, Alexandra; Gisinger, Christoph Towards a robot for supporting older people to stay longer independent at home Konferenzbeitrag In: ISR/Robotik 2014; 41st International Symposium on Robotics, S. 1–7, VDE 2014. @inproceedings{vincze2014towards, |
2013 |
Fischinger, David; Einramhof, Peter; Wohlkinger, Walter; Papoutsakis, Kostas; Mayer, Peter; Panek, Paul; Körtner, Tobias; Hofmann, Stefan; Argyros, Antonis; Vincze, Markus; Weiss, Astrid; Gisinger, Christoph Hobbit: The mutual care robot Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at ``ASROB-2013: Assistance and Service Robotics in a Human Environment,'' at International conference on intelligent robots and systems (IROS2013), 2013. @inproceedings{fischinger2013hobbit, |
Potapova, Ekaterina; Ntouskos, Valsamis; Weiss, Astrid; Zillich, Michael; Vincze, Markus; Pirri, Fiora A Pilot Study on Eye-tracking in 3D Search Tasks Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop Position Paper at ``SAGA-International Workshop on Solutions for Automatic Gaze Data Analysis'', 2013. @inproceedings{potapova2013pilot, |
Kluckner, Patricia M; Weiss, Astrid; Sundström, Petra; Tscheligi, Manfred Two Actors: Providers and Consumers Inform the Design of an Ambient Energy Saving Display with Persuasive Strategies. Konferenzbeitrag In: First International Workshop on Behavior Change Support Systems (BCSS 2013), 2013. @inproceedings{kluckner2013two, |
2012 |
Stadler, Susanne; Mirnig, Nicole; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Feedback is like Cinderella! The important role of feedback when humans and robots are working together in the factory Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at ``Feedback in Human-Robot Interaction: How to Make a Robot `Readable' for a Human Interaction Partner'', 21st IEEE international symposium on robot and human interactive communication (IEEE RO-MAN2012), 2012. @inproceedings{stadler2012feedback, |
Stollnberger, Gerald; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred The effect of input modalities and different levels of task complexity on feedback perception in a human-robot collaboration task Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at ``Feedback in Human-Robot Interaction: How to Make a Robot `Readable' for a Human Interaction Partner'', 21st IEEE international symposium on robot and human interactive communication (IEEE RO-MAN2012), 2012. @inproceedings{stollnberger2012effect, |
Osswald, Sebastian; Roland, Buchner; Astrid, Weiss; Tscheligi, Manfred Using Participatory Design to Investigate Technology Usage in the Cleanroom of a Semiconductor Factory Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at ``The Message int he Bottle: Best Practices for Transferring the Knowledge from Qualitative User Studies'', at the Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS2012), 2012. @inproceedings{osswald2012using, |
2011 |
Astrid, Weiss; Evers, Vanessa Exploring cultural factors in human-robot interaction: A matter of personality? Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at the 2nd Comparative Informatics Workshop, 2011. @inproceedings{weiss2011exploringcul, |
Weiss, Astrid; Buchner, Roland; Tscheligi, Manfred; Fischer, Hanspeter Exploring human-robot cooperation possibilities for semiconductor manufacturing Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at CR-HRI:International Workshop on Collaborative Robots and Human Robot Interaction, at the International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS2011), S. 173-177, 2011. @inproceedings{weiss2011exploringb, |
Weiss, Astrid; Mirnig, Nicole; Förster, Florian What users expect of a proactive navigation robot Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at ``The role of expectations in HRI'', at the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI2011), 2011. @inproceedings{weiss2011users, |
2009 |
Meschtscherjakov, Alexander; Weiss, Astrid; Scherndl, Thomas Utilizing Emoticons on mobile devices within ESM studies to measure emotions in the field Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI2009), 2009. @inproceedings{meschtscherjakov2009utilizing, |
2008 |
Gancet, Jeremi; Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred; Ilzkovitz, Michel; Aked, Richard Using playful probing to investigate technology usage in the living room Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at the ``10th Workshop on Advanced Space Technologies for Robotics and Automation (ASTRA2008)'', 2008. @inproceedings{weiss2008using, |
Weiss, Astrid; Altmaninger, Martin Using playful probing to investigate technology usage in the living room Konferenzbeitrag In: Workshop position paper at EuroITV2008: Adjunct Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Interactive Television (2008), 2008. @inproceedings{weiss2008human, |
2007 |
Bernhaupt, Regina; Weiss, Astrid How to convince stakeholders to take up usability evaluation results? Konferenzbeitrag In: COST294-MAUSE Workshop Downstream Utility: The Good, S. 37, 2007. @inproceedings{bernhaupt2007convince, |
Proceedings and Special Issues
2020 |
Hannibal, Glenda; Weiss, Astrid Envisioning social robotics: Current challenges and new interdisciplinary methodologies Konferenzbericht John Benjamins, 21 (1), 2020, ISSN: 1572-0373. @proceedings{hannibal2020, |
2017 |
Salem, Maha; Weiss, Astrid; Baxter, Paul New frontiers in human-robot interaction [special section on interdisciplinary human-centred approaches] Konferenzbericht John Benjamins Publishers, 17 (3), 2017. @proceedings{salem2017, |
Mutlu, Bilge; Tscheligi, Manfred; Weiss, Astrid; Young, Jim HRI ’17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Konferenzbericht Association for Computing Machinery, Vienna, Austria, 2017, ISBN: 9781450343367. @proceedings{mutlu2017, |
2016 |
Salem, Maha; Weiss, Astrid; Baxter, Paul; Dautenhahn, Kerstin 5th International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction 2016 (NF-HRI 2016) Konferenzbericht abs/1602.05456 , 2016. @proceedings{salem2016a, |
Salem, Maha; Weiss, Astrid; Baxter, Paul New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction: Interdisciplinary Human-Centred Approaches Konferenzbericht John Benjamins, 17 (3), 2016, ISSN: 1572-0373. @proceedings{salem2016b, |
2010 |
Weiss, Astrid; Tscheligi, Manfred Special issue on robots for future societies: evaluating social acceptance and societal impact of robots Konferenzbericht Springer Netherlands url = https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-010-0083-6 doi = 10.1007/s12369-010-0083-6, 2 (4), 2010. @proceedings{weiss2010special, |