Title :
Anthropomorphic design for an interactive urban robot - The right design approach?
Author :
Forster, Frederike ; Weiss, Adam ; Tscheligi, Manfred
Author_Institution :
HCI&Usability Unit, Univ. of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Abstract :
The paper presents the first step of a user-centered design process for a robot designated to operate in urban public space. A participatory design workshop was conducted to challenge the anthropomorphic design approach assumed by the designers and elicit user requirements for the design. In contrast to the expectations, the results show a tendency towards a preference of a non-anthropomorphic design.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; interactive systems; robots; user centred design; anthropomorphic design; elicit user requirements; interactive urban robot; participatory design workshop; urban public space; user-centered design process; Cognitive science; Conferences; Educational institutions; Service robots; USA Councils; User centered design; Design; Human Factors; Verification;
Conference_Titel :
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2011 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lausanne
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4393-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2167-2121
