Fake It to Make It

Zamfirescu-Pereira, J. D.; Sirkin, David; Goedicke, David; Lc, Ray; Friedman, Natalie; Mandel, Ilan; Martelaro, Nikolas; Ju, Wendy

doi:10.1145/3434074.3446909

Cited by 25 publications

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“…UnsTable (Figure 1) is a Eufy robot vacuum with a platform attached to the top, intended to be placed on a table to transform it into a standing desk. The Eufy is remote-operable, so all movement is currently performed using the Wizard of Oz Method [9]. UnsTable can be moved forward or backwards and rotate left and right when the buttons are pressed on the remote control.…”

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Adversarial Robots as Creative Collaborators

Lee,

2024

Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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This research explores whether the interaction between adversarial robots and creative practitioners can push artists to rethink their initial ideas. It also explores how working with these robots may influence artists' views of machines designed for creative tasks or collaboration. Many existing robots developed for creativity and the arts focus on complementing creative practices, but what if robots challenged ideas instead? To begin investigating this, I designed UnsTable, a robot drawing desk that moves the paper while participants (N =19) draw to interfere with the process. This inquiry invites further research into adversarial robots designed to challenge creative practitioners. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Collaborative interaction.

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Adversarial Robots as Creative Collaborators

Lee,

2024

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“…By doing so, researchers can select the optimal model between divergent ideations. Once the selection is narrowed and shortlisted, actual interactions can be carried out with users in specified scenarios to try out the functionalities of the robot and make improvements if needed (ZAMFIRESCU-PEREIRA et al, 2021).…”

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Are educational robots any good for communicative English learning for primary school students?

Garcia

Soto-Varela

2023

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This paper presents a pilot study that focuses on the exploratory and rapid prototyping within the humanin- the-loop control of a self-constructed and developed educational robot in assisting communicative English learning in primary Education in Madrid, Spain. The study sample was composed of 37 3rd graders that attended four English learning program sessions in November 2021, in which robot integration plays a leading role as learning material. To achieve the above, an easy-to-build, programmed and economical LEGO Education Mindstorms EV3 package was optioned. Pre-and-post questionnaires, classroom observations, and an evaluation sheet that measures self-evaluation, peer evaluation, and teacher evaluation were applied. The result reveals students’ perception of the pioneering robot and although preliminary, presents validation of the technology for English class assistance. Another finding suggests that students’ stress generated from communication in English among peers was reduced with the companion of the robot. Due to the nature of a pilot study, both the number of sessions and the sample size are limited to determine if the robot is helpful in students’ vocabulary acquisition in the long run. Further study is to be conducted with the pioneer model to teach vocabularies of different categories for a longer period. The findings of this pilot study will serve as a reference in the attempt to develop and reproduce promising robots to assist English teaching and learning that are accessible to public schools.

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“…When a farmer accessorized the robot with a speaker, we could learn which tasks the physicality of the speaker would not get in the way, and the music could also be heard. We use low-fidelity prototyping, which is affordable (often involves cardboard and office supplies) and allows for quick [18]. I iterated on the utility belt with materials I had discovered during my in situ explorations in Section 4.2.…”

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Utility Belt for an Agricultural Robot

Friedman

Mehta

2023

Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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Clothing for robots can help expand a robot's functionality and also clarify the robot's purpose to bystanders. In studying how to design clothing for robots, we can shed light on the functional role of aesthetics in interactive system design. We present a case study of designing a utility belt for an agricultural robot. We use reflection-in-action to consider the ways that observation, in situ making, and documentation serve to illuminate how pragmatic, aesthetic, and intellectual inquiry are layered in this applied design research project. Themes explored in this pictorial include 1) contextual discovery of materials, tools, and practices, 2) design space exploration of materials in context, 3) improvising spaces for making, and 4) social processes in design. These themes emerged from the qualitative coding of 25 reflection-inaction videos from the researcher. We conclude with feedback on the utility belt prototypes for an agriculture robot and our learnings about context, materials, and people needed to design successful novel clothing forms for robots.

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Fake It to Make It

Cited by 25 publications

References 35 publications

Adversarial Robots as Creative Collaborators

Adversarial Robots as Creative Collaborators

Are educational robots any good for communicative English learning for primary school students?

Utility Belt for an Agricultural Robot

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