Customizing Social Assistant Robots - Concepting Functionalities and Aesthetics

Siiri Paananen; Emma Eckhoff; Jonna Häkkilä; Aino Ahtinen; Kaisa Väänänen

doi:10.18420/muc2022-mci-ws13-454

Customizing Social Assistant Robots - Concepting Functionalities and Aesthetics

Siiri Paananen, Emma Eckhoff , Jonna Häkkilä, Aino Ahtinen, Kaisa Väänänen

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Abstract

In this paper, we discuss customizing of social robots, including personal assistant robots, focusing on aesthetics and functionalities. The results of a robot co-design workshop related to customizing social robots are presented. The proposed customization examples include items such as clothes, accessories and different visuals and sounds for various scenarios and tasks, including home and remote work settings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mensch und Computer 2022
Publisher	Gesellschaft für Informatik
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2022-mci-ws13-454
Publication status	Published - 2022
MoEC publication type	D3 Professional conference proceedings
Event	Mensch und Computer 2022 - Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstad, Germany Duration: 4 Sept 2022 → 7 Sept 2022 https://muc2022.mensch-und-computer.de/

Conference

Conference	Mensch und Computer 2022
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Darmstad
Period	04.09.2022 → 07.09.2022
Internet address	https://muc2022.mensch-und-computer.de/

Keywords

robots
co-design
wearables
customization
social robots

Field of science

Computer and information sciences

Access to research output

10.18420/muc2022-mci-ws13-454

Lapland Robotics
Häkkilä, J. (Principal Investigator), Colley, A. (Other) & Korpela, A. (Other)
European Regional Development Fund
01.03.2020 → 13.08.2023
Project: Co-funded project

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Lapland Robotics

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