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D*EADLINE EXTENSION -> January 31st 2024* (new hard deadline)
Special Issue on
*Designing for People in Human-Robot Collaboration*
Call for Papers -> link
<https://ixdea.org/designing-for-people-in-human-robot-collaboration/>
to be published at the
/*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/
(ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998)
https://ixdea.org/
https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000
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*Guest Editors:*
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• Stine S. Johansen, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Alan G. Burden, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Eike Schneiders, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Alexander N. Walzer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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*Important dates:*
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• Deadline: *January 31st 2024* (extended - new hard deadline)
• Notification to the authors: March 30th, 2024
• Camera ready papers due by: April 30th, 2024
• Publication: May/June 2024 (tentatively)
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*Overview*
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This special issue is intended to investigate human-centred and
design-led approaches to Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC). Robotic
capabilities are diversifying and, with those, so are opportunities and
challenges for HRC. With the intention of leveraging the complementary
skills of people and robots, HRC has a wide range of applications,
including manufacturing, emergency response, education, healthcare, and
the home. Furthermore, with collaborative robots, or “cobots”,
moving into “the wild”, research that goes beyond expanding mechanical
robotic capabilities is becoming more critical. As robots are no longer
isolated mechanical tools operating at their own pace and in their own
confined space, we call for research on how to design for close
collaboration between robots and people.
There is a need for diverse approaches to understand and design
collaborative robotic systems from a human-centred rather than
technology-driven perspective, thereby empowering people in the
collaboration. Questions relevant to be answered for design-led,
human-centred HRC include:
• What are methodological approaches to HRC research that emphasise the
role of people?
• How can HRC become accessible to diverse populations, e.g., through
conveying robot intent in various modalities or through novel
interaction approaches?
• How can we design for various human-robot configurations, e.g.,
considering different robot behaviours in changing environments and
situations?
• How can robots adapt to fluctuations in human performance and working
rhythms?
Given the diverse range of applications for HRC, there is an opportunity
for multiple disciplines to come together to explore the many dimensions
of this emerging field. Collaboration between disciplines such as
robotics, interaction design, human factors, psychology, architecture,
and more is crucial for understanding and addressing the many challenges
of designing inclusive, adaptable, trustworthy, effective, and safe HRC
systems. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, we can develop more
comprehensive solutions that leverage the strengths of each discipline
and create a deeper understanding of the complexities involved in
human-robot collaboration.
Investigating implications of people collaborating closely with robots
is critical to shaping the future of HRC. These implications include
ethical and social aspects of integrating robots into particular
application domains and understanding the impact of robots in terms of,
e.g., people’s daily routines and life experiences. Additionally, it is
essential to examine how HRC can impact workforce dynamics and job roles
as more organizations integrate robots into their operations.
By exploring the implications of HRC, we can (1) identify challenges and
opportunities and (2) develop strategies for ensuring that HRC systems
benefit and support people. The guest editors encourage submissions that
consider these aspects.
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*Topics of Interest*
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We invite researchers drawing upon design-based research approaches to
share their theoretical, methodological, or practical perspectives. We
welcome submissions that report on qualitative or quantitative studies,
systematic reviews or scoping reviews, as well as theoretical and
reflective pieces.
The indicative list of topics of interest for this special issue
includes, but is not limited to:
• Human-centred investigations of HRC
• Design-led approaches to HRC
• Robot adaptability
• HRC “in the wild”, e.g., methodological perspectives and/or studies of
particular domains
• Inclusive design and accessibility for HRC
• Critical and speculative design approaches to HRC
• Participatory design in HRC
• Ethical issues for HRC
• Sustainable design in HRC
• Design of trustworthy collaborative robots
• HRC and architectural methods and design
• Empirical and human-centred evaluations of HRC
• Mixed human-robot team collaboration
• Playfulness and/or gamification for HRC
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/*Submission guidelines and procedure*/
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All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original
and may not be under review by another publication.
The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format.
All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers.
Authors are invited to submit 8-30 pages paper (including authors'
information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.).
The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines
->https://ixdea.org/authors-guidelines/
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*Authors' guidelines*
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Paper submission page:
-> link <https://ojs.ixdea.org/>
(Please upload all submissions using the Submission page.
When submitting the paper, please, choose the section:
"SI: Designing for People in Human-Robot Collaboration")
More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics
of the paper format can be found on the website of the IxD&A Journal
where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors,
publication ethics and malpractice are published.
For scientific advice and queries, please contact the IxD&A scientific
editor marking the subject as:
/SI: Designing for People in Human-Robot Collaboration/
• stine [dot] johansen [at] qut [dot] edu [dot] au
• alan [dot] burden [at] qut [dot] edu [dot] au
• eike [dot] schneiders [at] nottingham [dot] ac [dot] uk
• alex [dot] walzer [at] ibi [dot] baug [dot] ethz [dot] ch
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* Forthcoming issues:*
https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000
• ‘AI for Humans and Humans for AI: Towards Cultures of Participation in
the Digital Age’
Guest editors: Renate Andersen, Vita Santa Barletta, Anders Mørch,
Alessandro Pagano
• ‘STEAM teaching and learning: advances beyond the state of the art’
Guest editors: Hector Cardona-Reyes, Carlos Alberto Lara-Álvarez, Miguel
Angel Ortiz Esparza, Klinge Orlando Villalba-Condori
• 'Smart Learning Ecosystems beyond 2030'
Guest editors: Gabriella Dodero, Carlo Giovannella, Francesca Pozzi
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