Research project

FAILSAFE: A Socio-Technological Analysis of Human-Robot Interaction Failures for Domestic Robots

Project overview

Future domestic robotic assistants will be complex hybrid consumer products, integrated into human living spaces to perform daily tasks with us. While robotics technologies have seen a rapid advance in the last decade, state-of-the-art robotic systems are still challenged by frequent failures, especially for long-term autonomy. This is a potential barrier against acceptability and trustworthiness of these future systems. Through a socio-technical multidisciplinary approach, this project aims to develop an understanding of robotic failures and explore how people perceive and resolve robot failures as an effort to design human-robot interactions that can enhance consumer experience of future robotic systems.

This project will explore the potential of using a robotic arm to aid humans with the task of unloading a dishwasher in the home environment to facilitate the future uptake of the technology and aid inclusion/accessibility and independence of users in a range of settings.

Staff

Other researchers

Dr Eike Schneiders

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

Research interests

  • Human-Computer and Robot Interaction
  • Human-AI Interaction focusing on generative AI and its impact on society
  • Multidisciplinary research in collaboration with, artists, medical professionals, and lawyers
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Research outputs

Harriet R. Cameron, Simon Castle-Green, Muhammad Chughtai, Liz Dowthwaite, Ayse Kucukyilmaz, Horia A. Maior, Victor Ngo, Eike Schneiders & Bernd C. Stahl, 2024
Type: conference