Course Description:
This advanced course covers fundamentals of Design for Human-Robot Interaction. 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 ethics, etc. This course will prepare students to be full-stack interaction robot designers.
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 work individually to re-create an existing toy and use the components for a different design goal.
