Human-Robot Interaction (12060.1)

This unit will introduce the fundamental and emerging trends in human-robot interaction. Fundamentals of social and service robots will be discussed along with developing architectures for human-robot interaction. Methods related to the design interfaces for multi-modal human-robot communication will be discussed in detail. Issues related to the trust ability and ethics in deploying robots in human-centric spaces will be detailed. Towards the end of this unit, concepts related to the measurement and manipulation of factors in human-robot interaction design will be discussed with experiments.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand the fundamentals of Social and Service Robot;
2. Develop architecture for human-robot interaction;
3. Design tools for multi-modal human-robot communication;
4. Analyse and interpret how issues of trustability and ethics mediate the deployment of robots in human-centric spaces; and
5. Understand, measure, and manipulate factors in human-robot interaction design.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives

Prerequisites

6389 Designing Human-Computer Interaction

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.