| Robots are becoming more and more prevalent in our everyday lives. You may encounter a customer-service robot at a bank, or employ a robot to clean your floors. You may collaborate with a robot at work, or see a robot in your child’s classroom. However, while everyday experiences with robots are becoming more common place, there are still an incredible number of UX challenges to solve. What affordances are conveyed by the physical and behavioral design of a robot? And how can we evaluate the success of human-robot partnerships? In this talk, we will discuss these and other unique challenges UX professionals face in robot design. Throughout this talk, we will discuss robot design strategies, as well research findings from studies “in the wild.” We will also survey some of the latest academic research in human-robot interaction. |
