Methods and Application in Human-Robot Interaction
Study human-robot verbal and emotional interaction, evaluate its quality, and explore future robot applications in society.
Study human-robot verbal and emotional interaction, evaluate its quality, and explore future robot applications in society.
This course is the second part of the Human-Robot Interaction professional certificate program, delving into the multidisciplinary aspects of modern human-robot interaction research. The curriculum explores two fundamental interaction modalities: verbal and emotional. Students will gain comprehensive knowledge of how robots process speech—from recognizing human speech to understanding its meaning, managing dialogue, and producing speech. The course emphasizes the crucial role emotions play in human-robot interactions and teaches methods to evaluate both robot performance and interaction quality from the user's perspective. Beyond technical aspects, the course investigates real-world applications of robots across various domains including education, healthcare, personal assistance, and transportation. By examining these practical applications, students will develop insights into the potential roles robots might play in our future society. This multidisciplinary approach provides students with both theoretical foundations and practical understanding of how humans and robots can effectively interact in meaningful ways.
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What you'll learn
Understand verbal interaction modality between humans and robots
Explore emotional interaction modality and its importance in human-robot communication
Learn how robots process speech from recognition to dialogue management to production
Analyze the role emotions play in interactions between humans and robots
Design evaluation methods to assess robot performance and interaction quality
Examine practical applications of robots in education, healthcare, and transportation
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Module Description
This course provides a comprehensive exploration of human-robot interaction, focusing on both theoretical frameworks and practical applications. Students learn about the two primary interaction modalities between humans and robots: verbal and emotional. The verbal interaction component covers the complete speech processing pipeline, including speech recognition, natural language understanding, dialogue management, and speech production. The emotional interaction module examines how robots can recognize, interpret, and respond to human emotions, and how emotional elements enhance interaction quality. The course teaches methodologies for evaluating human-robot interactions from both technical performance metrics and user experience perspectives. Students explore various application domains where robots are making significant impacts, including education, healthcare, personal assistance, and transportation. The curriculum also includes forward-looking discussions about the evolving role of robots in society, ethical considerations, and potential future developments in human-robot collaboration.
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2 Courses
A Distinguished Pioneer in Human-Robot Interaction and Design
Christoph Bartneck serves as Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Canterbury, where he has established himself as a leading expert in human-robot interaction and design. After earning his PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from Eindhoven University of Technology, he has built an extraordinary career spanning academia and industry. His research focuses on anthropomorphism in human-robot interaction, with his most influential work on robot measurement instruments garnering over 3,300 citations. His recent contributions include co-authoring the definitive textbook "Human-Robot Interaction: An Introduction" and pioneering work in robot ethics. Before joining Canterbury, he gained diverse international experience at prestigious institutions including LEGO in Denmark, Philips Research in the Netherlands, and ATR in Japan. As Associate Editor for multiple journals including the International Journal of Social Robotics and Entertainment Computing Journal, he shapes scholarly discourse in his field. His work regularly captures media attention from outlets like Scientific American, The New York Times, and BBC, while his research spans bibliometric analyses, social simulations, and design history. Through his leadership as Director of Studies (International), he continues to advance understanding of human-robot interaction while maintaining active research in visual design and technology studies.
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