Seminar topic: Human-Robot Interaction, Workshop topic: Intuitive Interaction

The second INTRO workshop was organised by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany and was held in Berlin together with the second INTRO seminar from March 2-4, 2011. It was followed by a full-day HRI-2011 workshop at HRI in Lausanne, Switzerland on “The role of expectations in intuitive human-robot interaction” on March 6, co-organised by INTRO project partners Verena Hafner and Joachim Meyer and researchers from Bielefeld and Osaka.

INTRO Berlin Meeting Schedule March 2-4 2011

Wednesday, March 2

10:00-13:00 arrival and discussion between working-groups on INTRO topics for early arrivers (Berlin and BRL people)

13:00-14:30 —lunch break—

14:30-15:00 welcome! (Humboldt-Kabinett, Institut für Informatik, HU Berlin)

15:00-15:45 lecture on joint attention (Verena Hafner)

15:45-16:00 —coffee break—

16:00-17:30 presentations of 2 ESRs (Guido and Sasa)

(30 minutes + 15 min discussion each)

17:30-18:30 lab tour

Thursday, March 3

10:00-13:00 presentations of 4 ESRs (tba)

(30 minutes + 15 min discussion each)

13:00-14:00 —lunch break—

14:00-15:00 lecture on the use of gestures in humans

(Uta Sassenberg / Elke van der Meer) – cancelled

15:00-16:30 presentations of 2 ESRs (tba, Roy via skype)

(30 minutes + 15 min discussion each)

16:30-16:45 —coffee break—

16:45-18:30 Special discussion session to finalise the contents and goals for the technological development project/application scenario (ESR talks should be targeted for this discussion)

(moderated and introduced by robosoft and spaceapp)

20:00-23:00 social event! (Mutter Hoppe, Rathausstrasse 21)

Friday, March 4

10:00-11:00 lecture on HRI design usability evaluation (Joachim Meyer)

11:00-12:00 lecture on Emotions (Tom Ziemke, via skype)

12:00-12:45 lecture on Ecological Interface Design (EID) approach for robotics applications (Jeremi Gancet)

13:00-14:00 —lunch break—

14:00-15:00 Discussion session for identifying potential risks and procedures to overcome problems.

15:00-15:30 —coffee break—

15:30-18:00 management committee plus supervisory board meeting

Saturday, March 5

travel home or to Lausanne

Sunday, March 6 (Lausanne)

full-day workshop on “The role of expectations in intuitive human-robot interaction” at HRI 2011 in Lausanne, Switzerland

INTRO WS participants: Verena Hafner, Joachim Meyer, Guido Schillaci, Sasa Bodiroza, Guillaume Doisy, Maria Elena Giannaccini