Sumários

Animation and Movement for Social Robots

26 outubro 2016, 11:00 Ana Paiva

Robots need to move and act in the real world in a way that is understandable and allows users to socialize with the robot. This class was about the different ways that movement can be generated to convey social stances and make robots more social.


Support to the projects

26 outubro 2016, 09:30 Ana Paiva

This lab class focussed on helping the students clarifying their ideas for the project.


"Social Robots recognising and understanding the others"

20 outubro 2016, 12:00 Ana Paiva

This class we addressed the problem of recognising users (through different modalities) and understanding them.


Presentation of 3 projects from last years Social Robotics course

19 outubro 2016, 11:00 Ana Paiva

Three projects from last year's course were presented:

  1. “Follow Me: Communicating Intentions with a Spherical Robot” by Miguel Faria, Andrea Costigliola, Patrícia Alves-Oliveira and Ana Paiva
  2. “A Study on Trust in a Robotic Suitcase” by Beatriz Quintino Ferreira, Kelly Karipidou, Filipe Rosa, Patrícia Alves-Oliveira, Sofia Petisca and Ana Paiva
  3. “How facial expression may influence the trust in a robot?”, Raul Benites Paradeda, Mojgan Hashemian, Rafael Afonso Rodrigues and  Ana Paiva


Discussion of the topics of the projects

19 outubro 2016, 09:30 Ana Paiva

Students formed the groups for the projects and a discussion on the different topics was held.