Urban Robotics Foundation: Exploring Human-Robot Interaction

This webinar is sponsored by the Centre for Integrated Transportation and Mobility (CITM).

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?

Two of our speakers co-authored the award-winning paper “Encountering Autonomous Robots on Public Streets” presented at the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Participants are encouraged to read this article in advance to enrich the discussion.

Who should attend

This session is ideal for anyone involved in smart city planning, mobility innovation, or designing accessible technologies. If you are a smart city planner, accessibility advocate, mobility innovator or technology designer interested in the social acceptance of robots, this session will offer new perspectives on how people interact with robots and vice versa.

Accessibility

This event will be held virtually with closed captioning available. If you require additional accommodations, please contact us at [email protected].

Meet the speakers

We are delighted to welcome our expert panel of guest speakers including:

• Stuart Reeves, Associate Professor | University of Nottingham, Mixed Reality Lab, School of Computer Science

• Hannah Pelikan, Post doctoral researcher | Linköping University, AI in Motion

• Lisa Johnson, VP Corporate Communications and Public Affairs (Global) | Starship Technologies