6 papers
"Why the face?": Exploring Robot Error Detection Using Instrumented Bystander Reactions
Maria Teresa Parreira, Ruidong Zhang, Sukruth Gowdru Lingaraju +7
How do humans recognize and rectify social missteps? We achieve social competence by looking around at our peers, decoding subtle cues from bystanders - a raised eyebrow, a laugh -…
Understanding the Challenges of Maker Entrepreneurship
Natalie Friedman, Alexandra Bremers, Adelaide Nyanyo +5
The maker movement embodies a resurgence in DIY creation, merging physical craftsmanship and arts with digital technology support. However, mere technological skills and creativity…
Mutual Benefit: The Case for Sharing Autonomous Vehicle Data with the Public
David Goedicke, Natalie Chyi, Alexandra Bremers +3
Autonomous driving is a widely researched technology that is frequently tested on public roads. The data generated from these tests represent an essential competitive element for t…
Using Social Cues to Recognize Task Failures for HRI: Overview, State-of-the-Art, and Future Directions
Alexandra Bremers, Alexandria Pabst, Maria Teresa Parreira +1
Robots that carry out tasks and interact in complex environments will inevitably commit errors. Error detection is thus an essential ability for robots to master to work efficientl…
(Social) Trouble on the Road: Understanding and Addressing Social Discomfort in Shared Car Trips
Alexandra Bremers, Natalie Friedman, Sam Lee +5
Unpleasant social interactions on the road can negatively affect driving safety. At the same time, researchers have attempted to address social discomfort by exploring Conversation…
Field Notes on Deploying Research Robots in Public Spaces
Fanjun Bu, Alexandra Bremers, Mark Colley +1
Human-robot interaction requires to be studied in the wild. In the summers of 2022 and 2023, we deployed two trash barrel service robots through the wizard-of-oz protocol in public…