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Rethinking (Human) bodies in HRI : Embodied interactions every day

Fantasia, Valentina LU ; Winkle, Katie ; Harrison, Katherine LU ; Ziemke, Tom ; Lisy, Dominika and Dobrosovestnova, Anna (2025) Robophilosophy Conference 2024 In Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications 397. p.703-707
Abstract
Significant amounts of HRI research effort are spent on the design/evaluation of robot bodies. Critical discussion and debates concerning the way bodies are treated and considered within HRI have tended to focus on the implications of designing/interacting with highly anthropomorphic robots, yet drawing attention away from the human body in HRI, particularly in the context of everyday interactions with “unexpectedly” social robots, i.e. those non-humanoid robots that human users interact with in a somewhat “social” way. These kind of robots crystallise particular aspects of (and tensions between) the different ways in which bodies are understood across disciplines. At the same time, a fundamental, and largely neglected tool for HRI... (More)
Significant amounts of HRI research effort are spent on the design/evaluation of robot bodies. Critical discussion and debates concerning the way bodies are treated and considered within HRI have tended to focus on the implications of designing/interacting with highly anthropomorphic robots, yet drawing attention away from the human body in HRI, particularly in the context of everyday interactions with “unexpectedly” social robots, i.e. those non-humanoid robots that human users interact with in a somewhat “social” way. These kind of robots crystallise particular aspects of (and tensions between) the different ways in which bodies are understood across disciplines. At the same time, a fundamental, and largely neglected tool for HRI research is the researchers’ own embodied experience of the intersubjective role. This workshop has invited speakers and audience to engage in cross-disciplinary conversations on embodiment in HRI, highlighting the different ways in which “the body” is or can be variously conceptualised and researched. (Less)
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body, embodiment, HRI, interaction, interdisciplinary, daily, unexpectedly social robots, ethics in HRI
host publication
Social Robots with AI: Prospects, Risks, and Responsible Methods : Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2024 - Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2024
series title
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
editor
Seibt, Johanna ; Fazekas, Peter and Santiago Quick, Oliver
volume
397
pages
5 pages
publisher
IOS Press
conference name
Robophilosophy Conference 2024
conference location
Aarhus, Denmark
conference dates
2024-08-20 - 2024-08-23
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  • scopus:105000685797
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1879-8314
0922-6389
ISBN
978-1-64368-568-7
978-1-64368-567-0
DOI
10.3233/FAIA241566
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English
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  author       = {{Fantasia, Valentina and Winkle, Katie and Harrison, Katherine and Ziemke, Tom and Lisy, Dominika and Dobrosovestnova, Anna}},
  booktitle    = {{Social Robots with AI: Prospects, Risks, and Responsible Methods : Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2024}},
  editor       = {{Seibt, Johanna and Fazekas, Peter and Santiago Quick, Oliver}},
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  keywords     = {{body; embodiment; HRI; interaction; interdisciplinary; daily; unexpectedly social robots; ethics in HRI}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  series       = {{Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications}},
  title        = {{Rethinking (Human) bodies in HRI : Embodied interactions every day}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/217108715/Fantasia_WInkle_Harrison_RP2024_rethinking_bodies_in_HI.pdf}},
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