User Involvement

As a social scientist working together with engineers and computer scientists I am often asked: Why does this humanist stuff matter? The answer is, because in my opinion it is the only way to realize technology that matters together with users and for users. Robots fetching objects and living lab installations are relevant scientific steps towards developing robust technology. However, too many field trials have already revealed the problem with ignoring the importance of Human-Computer Interaction: Technology does not get adopted and is rejected on the long run. Indentifiying the relevant context parameters that may impact sustainable technology adoption is often already a methodological challenge in itself for social scientists. Similarly, facing the contextual constraints presented by these unstructured environments is challenging for the developers. However, the biggest common challenge in all these areas are the people using the technology. Thus, it needs interdisciplinary approaches to develop intelligent systems, which have a chance of surviving in the real world and not only in our publications and laboratories.

 

Relevant Related Projects on User Involvement

 

Hobbit 2011-2015

Hobbit 2011-2015

In this project, we developed a robot that should enable independent livelong of older...

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IURO 2010-2013

IURO 2010-2013

In this project, we developed a robot following a user-centred and human-translated...

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Relevant Related Publications on User Involvement

 

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Weiss, Astrid; Mirnig, Nicole; Bruckenberger, Ulrike; Strasser, Ewald; Tscheligi, Manfred; Kühnlenz, Barbara; Wollherr, Dirk; Stanczyk, Bartlomiej

The interactive urban robot: user-centered development and final field trial of a direction requesting robot Artikel

In: Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 6 (1), 2015.

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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.

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