Wed, Jan 29
|Zoom webinar
Exploring Human-Robot Interactions
Hear from our expert panel on how they are working to build a world where robots and humans seamlessly live together, making new tech 'normal' in communities and how you get there. Explore what happens when mobile robots enter public spaces. Register below to get your unique Zoom link.
Time & Location
Jan 29, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST
Zoom webinar
About the event
This webinar is sponsored by the Centre for Integrated Transportation and Mobility (www.CITM.ca)
Please click this link to register and get your unique Zoom access (by email): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsce6uqTsiGdT3ZAM5w6JHA9yZqcJF189W
Although mobile robots have been around industrial warehouses and factories for decades, they are appearing more often now in public spaces and being used for a variety of tasks around 'bystanders'. So how do people interact with these robots when they have not had any training? What are robot designers doing to help people be more comfortable? How can we collaborate to improve human-robot interactions?
At Starship Technologies, their philosophy is that their "robots should behave like a cautious pedestrian and humans should by and large go about their business unhindered. They encourage people to treat robots as fellow pedestrians. Walking single file for example, that's what another human would do if you approach a fellow pedestrian on a footpath. A window cleaner would stop for someone walking…