Eliciting New Perspectives in RtD Studies through Annotated Portfolios: A Case Study of Robotic Artefacts

Creative AI for HRI Design Explorations

“…We acknowledge, however, that the notion of creativity we build upon is not universally recognised or defined [74], our design exploration is far from being exhaustive, and other configurations or alternative text-to-image models -especially in light of the fast-paced and steady improvement of text-conditioned generative models [38] -may yield more unexpected results. Nevertheless, our work exemplifies how AI-generated images could serve as inspirations for HRI design instances; especially if looked at collectively, these can be used to conceptualise novel robot appearances and roles [34,50]. And most importantly, the designer-AI co-creative process becomes itself a site for confrontation with personal and collectively held biases and (limited) imagination.…”

“…Hoggenmüller et al [34] further explored what and how we can learn from robotic artefacts by developing an annotated portfolio of ludic urban robots and inviting other HRI experts to annotate the robotic artefacts. By doing so, they illustrate how this kind of practice enables a form of creative and generative peer critique on the contribution of a work, helping to "capture and disseminate designerly contributions".…”

2nd International Workshop on Designerly HRI Knowledge. Reflecting on HRI practices through Annotated Portfolios of Robotic Artefacts

“…Through the workshop, we will engage with these questions as well as with the general open challenge of understanding the relationship between design and emerging application domains [11] that characterize the act of annotating artefacts. We will extend previous existing work on the topic (e.g., Hoggenmüller et al [12] arguments about expert annotations as a form of a creative and generative peer critique that can facilitate discussions about the contributions of designerly approaches to technology and science-driven domains, such as HRI). Our scope is to advance the disciplinary knowledge of design by investigating its potential contribution to other disciplines; while revealing the HRI values and perspectives that usually remain tacit and embodied in artefacts.…”