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The tentative syllabus is given below. Please be informed that the timeline and lecture topics are subject to change. For each week, we will regularly update the course material, assignments, and suggested readings.
| Week | Description | Readings |
|---|---|---|
| W1 |
Course overview and logistics * Intro to Human-Robot Interaction * Seminar timeline, assignments, and project * Math and programming resources for HRI |
What is Human-Robot Interaction?, HRI book, Ch 2 What Are the Rules of Human-Robot Interaction? |
| W2 |
H is for human: embodiment, design, and anthropomorphism. * Design paradigms in HRI: form follows function, affordances, etc. * Desing patterns and principles in HRI * Anthropomorphism, Uncanny valley, Measurements, etc. |
Design of everyday things: affordances and signifiers Affetto robot HRI lecture by Dr. Bartneck |
| W3 |
R is for robot: HRI robot types, sensors, simulators, and frameworks * A brief history of robots in HRI: Kismet, Keepon, Pepper, the iCub, etc. * Robotic sensors: cameras, depth sensors, robot skins, lasers, etc. * Fantastic HRI datasets and where to find them |
Bipedal Humanoid Hardware Design: a Technology Review Pepper robot sensors |
| W4 |
I is for Interaction: spatial, verbal, and nonverbal * Spatial interactions: proxemics, Kendon's formation, etc. * Verbal interaction: robot speech generation and understanding * Non-verbal interaction: gaze, facial expersions, body posture, etc. |
ROILA- Robot language for Interaction Realistic and Interactive Robot Gaze |
| W5 |
Anthropomorphizing robots: effects on attention, behavior, and trust in work-related settings * A lecture by Prof. Linda Onnacsch |
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| W6 |
Human-robot interaction: Research methods and experimental design * A lecture by Dr. Doris Pischedda |
There is method to the madness - HRI Methodology Research Methods, HRI book, chapter 9 |
| W7 |
Emotion in HRI and HRI applications * Basics emotions: models and implementations * Emergent emotions and energy regulation on humanoid robots * HRI applications: advertisement, education, health, social robotics, etc. * Ethics in HRI |
Lisa Feldman Barrett: How the Brain Creates Emotions Context in Emotion Perception Affective Architecture: Pain, Empathy, and Ethics (by Prof. Minoru Asada) |
| W8-W14 | The presentation dates are tentative and it will be finalized after the 2nd assignment submission. |
| The template was modified by Murat Kirtay by using Mike Pierce's |
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