Human-Robot Interaction
 
 
Course Syllabus        
This course will cover a variety of topics related to social intelligence.  We will spend 1-2 weeks on each topic, and readings/lectures will cover (1) what’s known about how this ability arises in human intelligence, and (2) state-of-the-art approaches to building computational systems with this type of social ability.  Readings will be linked here, and you are expected to turn in a Summary & Critique, please bring a hardcopy to lecture.  Assignments and deadlines listed here are approximate and will be detailed on the Assignments page.
 
Download: syllabus.pdf.
Tues, Jan. 6
    First class, introduction
  
 
Thurs, Jan. 8
    R. Brooks, “It’s 2001 Already”, Flesh and Machines, Ch. 4, 2003.
    T. Fong et al., “A survey of socially interactive robots”, RAS 2003.  
  
 
Introduction & Social Robots Overview
Tues, Jan. 13
    D. Norman “Emotional Design”, Ch. 6 & 7, 2004.
    S. Klemmer et al., “How bodies matter”, DIS 2006.
              panelists: Chen, J.Lee, Nam
 
 
Thurs, Jan. 15
    D. Dennett, “True Believers," in Mind Design II, (Originally 1981).
    J. Lasseter, “Principles of Traditional Animation applied to 3D Computer Animation”, in Computer Graphics, 1987.
              panelists: Beer, Jiang, J.Lee
  
 
Anthropomorphism & Design
Intentions, Intentionality, and Perceiving other Minds
Social Learning
Collaboration and Teamwork
Emotional Intelligence
Measuring HRI
Week 14/15:
Finals week
Thurs, Feb 12
    Gergely Csibra, “Teleological and referential understanding of action in infancy”, Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2003.
    D. Baldwin and J. Baird, “Discerning Intentions in Dynamic Human Action” TICS 2001.
    optional reading: Woodward, et al., “How infants make sense of intentional action”, Ch7 in Intentions and Intentionality, Ed. Malle and Moses, 2001.
                panelists: Jian, K.Lee, McGreggor
 
 
 
Tues, Feb 17
    M. Kobliarov et al., “People tracking and following with mobile robots”, ICRA 2006.
    O.C. Jenkins et al., “Tracking Human Motion and Actions for Interactive Robots” HRI 2007.  
                panelists: DePalma, Jiang, Wiltgen, Gallagher
 
 
 
Thurs, Feb 19
    S. Baron Cohen “Precursers to a Theory of Mind: Understanding Attention in Others” in Natural Theories of Mind (Ed. A. Whiten) 1993.
   G. Trafton, “Enabling Effective HRI using perspective taking in robots”, T-SMC 2005.      
                panelists: DePalma, J.Lee, K.Lee
 
 
 
Tues, Feb 24
    Gallese and Goldman, “Mirror Neurons and the Simulation Theory of Mind-reading”, TICS 1998.
    J. Gray et al., “Action parsing and goal inference using self as simulator”, RO-MAN 2005.  
                panelists: Chen, J.Lee, Park, Gallagher
 
 
 
Thurs, Feb 26
    Y. Demiris and A. Meltzoff, “The robot in the crib: A developmental analysis of imitation skills in infants and robots,” Infant and Child Development 2008.
   M. F. Mascolo, “Change processes in development: The concept of coactive scaffolding”, New Ideas in Psychology, 2005.
               panelists: Huang, McGreggor, Jiang
 
    optional readings:
    A. Meltzoff and J. Decety, “What imitation tells us about social cognition”, Philos Trans R Soc Lon. 2003.
    A. Meltzoff, “Like-me: a foundation for social cognition” Developmental Science 10:1, 2007.
 
 
Tues, Mar 3
    B. Argall et al., “A Survey of Robot Learning by Demonstration” Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2009.
               panelists: Chen, K.Lee, Nam, Gallagher
 
    optional reading: A. Billard et al. “Robot Programming by Demonstration” Handbook of Robotics, Ch 59, 2007.
 
 
 
Thurs, Mar 5
   A. Thomaz and C. Breazeal, “Teachable Robots: Understanding human teaching behavior to build more effective robot learners”, AIJ, 2008.
    C. Breazeal and A. Thomaz, “Learning from Human Teachers with Socially Guided Exploration”, ICRA 2008.  
              
 
 
Tues, Mar 10
   M. Nicolescu and M. Mataric, “Natural Methods for Robot Task Learning”, AAMAS 2003.
    F. Kaplan et al., “Robot Clicker Training”, RAS 2001.
                panelists:Huang, DePalma, McGreggor
 
 
 
 
Monday, April 27: Final exam period, 11:30-2:20.
  
    Find details on project presentations here.
 
 
 
Thurs, Mar 12   (room: Klaus 2447)
    Bratman, “Shared Cooperative Activity,” Philosophical Review,1992.
    Cohen et al. “Teamwork,”  NOUS 1991.
             panelists: McGreggor, Park, Wiltgen
 
 
 
Tues, Mar 24
    G. Hoffman & C. Breazeal, “Collaboration in Human-Robot Teams,” AIAA 2004.
    G. Hoffman & C. Breazeal, “Cost-Based Anticipatory Action Selection for Human-Robot Fluency,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2007.    
    G. Hoffman & C. Breazeal, “Anticipatory perceptual simulation for human-robot joint practice,” AAAI 2008.
                panelists: Beer, K.Lee, Park, Gallagher
 
 
 
Thurs, Mar 26
        no class
 
Tues, Mar 31
        Project Discussions
 
 
Thurs, Apr 2
    Bangerter & Clark, “Navigating Joint Projects with Dialog”, Cognitive Science 27 (2003).
    Sebanz et al. “Joint Action: Bodies and minds moving together,” Trends in Cognitive Science, 2006.
               panelists: Brooks, Jiang, Park
 
 
Tues, Apr 7
  T. Fong et al., “A preliminary study of Peer-to-Peer HRI,” SMC 2006.
    Sakita et al., “Flexible cooperation between human and robot by interpreting human intention from gaze information,” IROS 2004.
    Argall et al., “The First Segway Soccer Experience,” HRI 2006.
                panelists: Brooks, Huang, McGreggor, Gallagher
 
 
 
Tues, Jan 20
    Wickens, Gordon, and Liu, "Chapter 2: Research Methods" in An Introduction to Human Factors Engineering, 1998.
 
 
Thurs, Jan 22
   A. Steinfeld, et al. “ Common Metrics for HRI” HRI 2006.
 
 
 
Tues, Jan 27
    R. Adolphs, “Could a Robot have Emotions?" Ch 2 in Who Needs Emotions Anyway, 2005.
                panelists: Brooks, Jiang, Nam
 
 
Thurs, Jan 29
    Guest Lecture: Melanie Clark
 
 
Tues, Feb 3
  R. Picard, “Affective Computers," Ch 2 in Affective Computing, 1999.
                panelists: Beer, Nam, Park
 
 
Thurs, Feb 5
    A. Kapoor et al., “Automatic Prediction of Frustration," Int. J. Human-Computer Studies, 2007.
                panelists: Chen, K.Lee, Nam
 
 
Tues, Feb 10
  C. Breazeal, “Emotion and Sociable Humanoid Robots," Int. J. Human-Computer Studies, 2003.
                panelists: Beer, Huang, Wiltgen
 
 
 
Thurs, Apr 9
    Selected papers from HRI 2009:
    V. Groom et al., “I Am My Robot: The Impact of Robot-building and  Robot Form on Operators”
    B. Mutlu et al., “Footing In Human-Robot Conversations: How Robots Might Shape Participant Roles Using Gaze Cues”
 
(optional) A. Thomaz, M. Cakmak, “Learning about Objects with Human Teachers”
              panelists: Brooks, Chen, Wiltgen
 
 
Tues, Apr 14
    Project Discussions
 
 
Thurs, Apr 16
    Selected papers from HRI 2009:
    Y. Okuno, et al., “Providing Route Directions:  Design of Robot’s Utterance, Gesture, and Timing”
    M. Staudte, M. Crocker, “Visual Attention in Spoken Human-Robot Interaction”
                panelists: Beer, DePalma, Wiltgen
 
Tues, Apr 21
    Research communication and Presentation skills.  (no readings)
 
 
 
Thurs, Apr 23
    Summary discussion (no readings)