As robotic capabilities improve, these robotic systems are becoming increasingly pervasive in real human-robot interaction settings, including (1) people interacting with autonomous robots, (2) people and robots sharing control, and (3) people tele-operating robots with direct control. The addition of humans into the equation presents a challenge and opportunity for engaging more seriously with the human sciences, including cognitive, behavioral, and social sciences. Without a deeper understanding of human user contexts, real user needs, user skills and limitations, and an ability to evaluate a robotic system’s performance in terms of user needs, robotics runs the risk of inventing technologies for the sake of the technologies themselves. We will address this risk by engaging in a discussion of what the human sciences have to offer robotics in terms of theoretical perspectives, empirical methods, useful concepts and models, and potential collaborations.

WHEN and WHERE

This was a one-day workshop held on Friday, July 1, 2011, in the USC campus, Grace Ford Salvatori (GFS) Room 101.

CURRENT SCHEDULE

09:00-09:05 - Welcome from organizing committee

09:05-09:50 - Keynote by Cynthia Breazeal (45 min)

09:50-10:10 - Invited talk by Brian Scassellati (20 min)

10:10-10:30 - Invited talk by Odest Chadwicke Jenkins (20 min)

10:30-10:45 - COFFEE BREAK

10:45-11:05 - Invited talk by Maja Mataric (20 min)

11:05-11:50 - Keynote by Clifford Nass (45 min)

11:50-12:15 - Kick off break out session discussions (25 min)

12:15-13:15 - LUNCH + break out sessions (60 min)

13:15-14:00 - Share out and large group discussion (45 min)

14:00-14:30 - Tutorial on robotic system evaluations (30 min)

                     [ PDF of tutorial materials ]

14:30-15:00 - Poster session highlights (1 min each)

15:00-16:30 - COFFEE BREAK + open poster session* (90 min)

16:30-16:40 - Thanks and wrap up (10 min)

16:40-18:00 - Tour of USC Interaction Lab

18:00 - Unofficial group dinner

*Prizes were awarded to the three posters that won the most attendee votes for being most interesting, most readily useful, and presenting the coolest HRI robot. Prizes were also awarded to the two most attentive poster attendees (as voted for by poster presenters).

WORKSHOP PAPERS

We originally invited 2-5 page submissions in RSS 2011 format that described and demonstrated at least one of the following:

1. 1.Fruitful collaborations between human sciences and robotic sciences
   

2. 2.Grounded examples of theories, methods, concepts, and models from the human sciences that have contributed to robotic sciences (or are currently contributing to it)
   

3. 3.A position/perspective that address robotic sciences from a human-centered perspective
   

We had a strong set of submissions for this workshop so we accepted a relatively large number of papers. All papers were peer reviewed. If the papers were accepted, then they were revised by the authors before these final manuscripts were submitted. Authors retain copyright of these non-archival manuscripts.

[ PDF ] Atherton, J. Alan; Goodrich, Michael A.

Supporting Clinicians in Robot-Assisted Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Creating and Editing Robot Animations with Full-Body Motion Tracking

[ PDF ] Burke, Jennifer

Making the Case for Human-Centered Technology

[ PDF ] Fanaswala, Imran; Browning, Brett; Sakr, Majd

Meeting the Expectations of Arabic Users in HRI

[ PDF ] Feil-Seifer, David; Mataric, Maja J.

Using Robots to Augment (not Replace) People in Therapeutic Settings

[ PDF ] Hoffman, Guy

On Stage: Robots as Performers

[ PDF ] Jung, Malte; Sirkin, David

How Telepresence Colors Emotion

[ PDF ] Lee, Moon-Hwan; Sim, Jun-Gu; Kim, Myung-Suk; Kwak, Sonya S.; Fontana, Palma

The Effect of Robot's Self-Disclosure on the Level of Intimacy in Human and Robot Interaction

Lee, Yeoreum; Bae, Jae-eul; Kwak, Sonya S.; Kim, Myung-Suk

The Effect of Politeness Strategy on Human-Robot Collaborative Interaction on Malfunction of Robot Vacuum Cleaner

[ PDF ] Levin, Daniel T.; Adams, Julie A.; Harriott, Caroline; Zhang, Tao

Cognitive Dissonance as a Measure of Reactions to Human-Robot Interaction

[ PDF ] Lu, David V.; Pileggi, Annamaria; Smart, William D.

Multi-person Motion Capture Dataset for Analyzing Human Interaction

[ PDF ] Mead, Ross; Atrash, Amin; Mataric, Maja J.

Automated Analysis of Proxemic Behavior: Leveraging Metrics from the Social Sciences

[ PDF ] Ng-Thow-Hing, Victor; Sarvadevabhatla, Ravi K.; Okita, Sandra

The Learning With Kids Project: Retrospective and Status Report

[ PDF ] Pantofaru, Caroline; Takayama, Leila

Need Finding: A Tool for Directing Robotics Research and Development

[ PDF ] Saygin, Ayse P.; Chaminade, Thierry; Urgen, Burcu A.; Ishiguro, Hiroshi

Cognitive Neuroscience and Robotics: A Mutual Beneficial Joining of Forces

[ PDF ] Sirkin, David; Ju, Wendy

Communicating Meaning and Team Role Through Gesturing Telepresence Robots

[ PDF ] Sohn, Bokyung; Yoon, Jaesik; Woo, Jongbum; Kwak, Sonya S.; Kim, Myungsuk

Am I Pretty? The Intention of a Social Robot by Delayed Nod

[ PDF ] Steinfeld, Aaron

Slightly Subversive Methods for Promoting Use of Autonomy in Robots

Veloso, Manuela; Rosenthal, Stephanie; Ventura, Rodrigo; Coltin, Brian; Biswas, Joydeep

Autonomous Mobile Service Robots For Humans, With Human Help, and Enabling Human Remote Presence