Reimagining the Design of Mobile Robotic Telepresence: Reflections from a Hybrid Design Workshop

Reyes-Cruz, Gisela; Martinez Avila, Juan; Schneiders, Eike; Boudouraki, Andriana

Abstract

Mobile robotic telepresence systems have been around for more than a decade, promising to improve on traditional video conferencing by enabling remote movement, and more recently, providing autonomous features for navigation, yet their use in the real world remains limited and infrequent. We share reflections from running a hybrid design workshop on telepresence robotics (at an academic conference) focused on re-imagining the design and use of telepresence robots, where mobility, as the main affordance of these devices, could truly provide value. We describe our hybrid design workshop and reflect on challenges encountered and learning outcomes.

Citation

Reyes-Cruz, G., Martinez Avila, J., Schneiders, E., & Boudouraki, A. (2024, September). Reimagining the Design of Mobile Robotic Telepresence: Reflections from a Hybrid Design Workshop. Presented at TAS '24: Second International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Austin, Texas, USA

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: TAS '24: Second International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
• Start Date: Sep 16, 2024
• End Date: Sep 18, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Jul 22, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Sep 16, 2024
• Publication Date: Sep 16, 2024
• Deposit Date: Nov 1, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 5, 2024
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: TAS '24: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
• ISBN: 979-8-4007-0989-0
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3686038.3686055
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/39729827
• Publisher URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3686038.3686055