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SUMMARY:Brown bag: Guy Hoffman
DESCRIPTION:Title: Developing Robots for Fluent Collaboration and
	 Companionship\nSpeaker: Guy Hoffman\nAbstract: Within the next decade\,
	 personal robots are expected to enter our homes\, offices\, schools\,
	 hospitals\, construction sites\, and workshops. For these robots to play
	 a successful role in people's professional and personal lives\, they
	 need to display the kind of efficient and satisfying interaction that
	 humans are accustomed to from each other. Developing this human-robot
	 interaction is a multifaceted challenge\, balancing requirements of the
	 robot's intelligent behavior\, physical form\, and mechanical structure.
	 \n \nIn this talk I present the development of several robotic systems\,
	 combining methods from Artificial Intelligence\, Design\, and
	 Human-Computer Interaction. All three research paths share the same
	 underlying principles: Movement\, timing\, and embodiment. In terms of
	 AI\, I introduce the notion of human-robot fluency - the ability to
	 accurately mesh the robot's activity with that of a human partner. I
	 present computational cognitive architectures rooted in timing\, joint
	 action\, and embodied cognition. Specifically\, I discuss anticipatory
	 action for collaboration\, and a model of priming through perceptual
	 simulation. I then describe an interactive robotic improvisation system
	 that uses embodied gestures for simultaneous\, yet responsive\, joint
	 musicianship. \n \nIn terms of the robot's physical form\, I use
	 techniques from 3D character animation\, sculpture\, industrial\, and
	 interaction design. Dynamic gestures and behaviors drive decisions on
	 the robot's surface and mechanical design\, and are then combined with
	 aesthetic and functional requirements to settle on the robot's form and
	 structure. The third pillar of my work is the experimental study of
	 people interacting with robots. My lab developed a series of low-cost
	 smartphone-based robots\, which we use in situations of disclosure\,
	 conflict\, compliance\, and joint experiences. Our studies investigate
	 the role of movement\, timing\, and nonverbal behavior in the social
	 relationship between humans and robots\, in an effort to design robots
	 that don't threaten\, but enhance people's everyday lives.
LOCATION:Gates 122
UID:2016-09-27
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20160927T160000Z
DTEND:20160927T170000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160924T183939Z
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonathan Shi:http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~jshi/brownbag/
DTSTAMP:20260408T121746Z
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