Design For HRI

SCHEDULE

01/11:

Class 1: Lecture Introduction

01/16:

Class 2: Lecture UX Design Process

01/18:

Class 3: Lecture Design Dimensions of Social Robots

01/23:

Class 4: Lecture Participatory Design

01/25:

Class 5: Community Research

01/29:

Class 6: atelier class

02/01:

Class 7: Student Presentations - Hack Your Toy!

02/06:

Class 8: Guest Lecture

02/08:

Class 9: Student Presentations of Proposals

02/13:

Class 10: Guest lecture

02/15:

Class 11: atelier class

02/20:

Class 12: Guest Lecture

02/22:

Class 13: Lecture

03/05:

Class 14: Lecture Design Metaphor

03/07:

Class 15: Guest Lecture: Sophia

03/12:

Class 16: atelier class

03/14:

Class 17: atelier class

03/19:

Class 18: Lecture Bodystorming

03/21:

Class 19: Guest Lecture

03/26:

Class 20: Paper Critique Presentation

03/28:

Class 21: Guest Lecture

04/02:

Class 22: Lecture Design Evaluation

04/04:

Class 23: Guest Lecture

04/09:

Class 24: Lecture

04/11:

Class 25: Lecture Intermediate level Knowledge

04/16:

Class 26: atelier class

04/18:

Class 27: Student Presentations of Group Projects

04/23:

Class 28: student presentations of group projects

GRADING

Individual Project - 30%

Task: Students will work individually to re-create an existing toy and use the components for a different design goal.

Evaluation: Students will be graded based on a set of design rubrics.

Group Project - 50%

Task: Students will engage in group projects aimed at implementing an interactive and creative Robot Design to gain hands-on practical experience.

Evaluation: Project teams will be graded based on consistent participation throughout the semester, deliverables, demonstrated mastery of literature and technical content. Graduate students are assigned a research paper related to the project.

Class Involvement - 20%

The class involvement is split into:

Quizzes

Reflections on Guest Lectures

Attentiveness and Interest

Design For Human Robot Interaction

Instructor: Patricia Alves-Oliviera
GSI: Manohar Bhat

Robotics Department
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Office: 2252 FRB

This Course is running in Winter 2024 and will be offered again in Spring 2025

Lectures

Tuesday & Thursday 12:00 - 1:30 PM G906 COOL

Office Hours

Tuesday 2:00 - 3:00 PM 2252 FMCRB

Makerspace Hours

Thursday & Saturday 10:30 - 11:30 AM 1141 FMCRB

Course description: This advanced course covers fundamentals of Design for Human-Robot Interaction, leading to the creation of memorable relationships with robots. Topics include Frameworks for Robot Design; ideation strategies for robotics such as body-storming and speculation; participatory design with end-users and communities; creation of mock-ups and prototypes to test ideas; development of qualitative and quantitative key-performance indicators to measure the success of the robot; design for ethics, equality, and justice in robotics. We will create a vision for relationships between humans and robots that are inspiring, refined, and magical. This course will prepare you to be a full-stack interaction robot designer.

Learning objectives: After this course, students will be able to:

Understand the role of design in the field of Human-Robot Interaction.
Integrate a variety of design methods for creating interactive robots.
Identify user needs and evaluate robot performance with users.
Document robot design, development, and fabrication work.
Acquire critical thinking about robot design practices to shape the future of HRI.

Structure: This course is structured as an upper-undergrad and graduate level hands-on course on design for human-robot interaction.

Interactive Lectures led by the Professor.
Guest Lectures from Experts in the field of design.
Workshop Classes intended to be a time for working on projects.
Guided Projects and receive feedback from the Professor and peers.
Student Presentations, of research papers and projects related to the course.

Individual Project Rubric:

STUDENTS

Undergraduates
Aidan Deacon
Anish Balaji
Carol Wang
Emerald Taylor
Emily Wu
Isabella Garcia
Jose Galvan
Lilly Richards
Margaret Douglas Kempe
Michael Robinson
Shivam Patel
Skye Krzykwa

Graduates
Basavasagar Patil
Connor Williams
Hongjiao Qiang
Miranda Mittleman
Sharmane Powell