Social Robotics - Overview
Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nebel and Prof. Dr. Felix Lindner (Juniorprof.)
Exercises: Laura Wächter
Time and Location
Lecture: Monday 14:00-16:00
Exercises: Wednesday 12:00-14:00
Location: Building 082, lecture room 00-006
Language
The lecture will be given in English or German.
Description
The lecture addresses social robotics as an interdisciplinary research area. Students are made familiar with the major research topics and methods in social robotics to an extent that allows them to understand current research literature in the field of social robotics, to put it into context, and to actively participate in social robotics research.Topics
Major topics include:- Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics (using R)
- Paradigms of experimental design (Wizard-of-Oz etc.)
- Algorithms and software architectures for social robots
- Formal models of human preferences and abilities
- Multi-modal interfaces (language, gestures, facial expression)
- Robo ethics and machine ethics