See you in 2018 at NordiCHI2018 
on Saturday 29 September 2018!

In this half-day workshop, we will discuss the emerging field of Social Robotic technologies with a particular focus on interaction design methodologies used in the design process. The workshop will investigate how researchers have approached designing social robots and what we can learn from the interaction design field for future designs.  The objective is to engage in multidisciplinary discussions to unleash possible approaches and aspects that would support design inspiration for socially interactive robots. Thus, the main activities will encompass two interactive sessions and a discussion panel on approaches that inspire the design of social robots. In particular, we focus on experience-driven design methods involving rituals and memorable experiences with social robots. 

This workshop will bring together HCI and HRI researchers, UX designers, artists, and engineers who are interested in designing socially interactive technologies. Participants are expected to submit a position paper about their work/motivation within the workshop’s theme.

All accepted submissions will be published on the workshop’s page (Accepted submissions) and selected papers will be asked to extend their work for a special issue in a journal (TBA).

Organizers:

• Mohammad Obaid - Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Sweden
• Kirsikka Kaipainen - Tampere University of Technology, Finland
• Aino Ahtinen - Tampere University of Technology, Finland
• Ioana Ocnarescu - Strate School of Design, Paris, France