Social Robotics - Overview

Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nebel and Prof. Dr. Felix Lindner (Juniorprof.)

Exercises: Dr. Thorsten Engesser and Laura Wächter

Time and Location

Lecture: Tuesday 14:15-15:45
Exercises: Thursday 14:15-15:45
Location: Building 101, SR 01-018

Exam

The written exam will take place on February the 21th in seminar room 01-009/013 (building 101). The exam starts at 10:00 a.m. and will last 90 minutes.

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