Designing Social Robots in the Wild
Calling all writers and creative thinkers! Are you passionate about having robotics competitions at HRI, but don’t want to participate in our Robot Waiter competition this year (why not?). Do you have an idea for a different/better/unique type of competition you would like to see at HRI in the future? Do you have innovative ideas for how humans and robots can collaborate, communicate, and/or compete together? We invite you to showcase your ideas by submitting a proposal for a novel robotics competition to our “Propose a HRI Competition Challenge!”
In this challenge, you have the opportunity to share your visionary ideas describing a task-oriented challenge, a collaborative problem-solving scenario, an interactive game, or some other type of format. Your proposal must provide a general description of your proposed competition, the intended or allowable robot platforms (including whether simulated or real), the competition environment and required resources to run, and the competition protocol that details the objectives, anticipated duration, rules, participant roles, and scoring criteria (our description of the Robot Waiter competition may serve as an example). Submissions will be evaluated based on originality, feasibility, and potential for advancing human-robot interaction. The top proposal(s) may have the opportunity to shape next year’s HRI competition(s) through the realization of their ideas!
This competition will let the participants propose which robotic platform should be used and why.
To be defined in the proposal.
Task: Propose an HRI Competition in a .pdf document following the template of a regular paper with a maximum of 4 pages.
Sections:
Each section get 1 point for each requirement accomplished
| Category | Accomplishments | Scoring |
|---|---|---|
| Identify | Clear definition of the problem to solve. | 1 point |
| Research from variety of sources that justify the benefits of solving the problem. | 1 point | |
| Design | Clear evidences that the challenge meet the SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound | 3 point |
| The Design of the challenge meets requirements of inclusivity and diversity | 1 point | |
| The challenge has compliance with Ethical concerns | 1 point | |
| Technical aspects of the challenge | The challenge requires an innovative solution to related to HRI technologies to fullfill the Challenge's goals. | 1 point |
| The proposal includes materials and use cases that can be used as training for the participants. | 1 point |