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Dear colleagues,
We are very pleased to invite you to the Special Session called *To err is
robotic: Understanding, preventing and resolving robots' failures in HRI *(
code u3f1h)*.*
This special session welcomes works: 1) focusing on how people from
perceive robot's failures in short- and long-term interactions, and
highlight how different failures influence their perceptions and emotions
toward the robots, and 2) exploring different techniques (e.g. inner
speech, predictability and transparency of robotic behaviours, Theory of
Mind, robot etiquette, Verification Methods, explanations) can foster a natural
human-robot communication to reduce the perception of failures and/or help
people understand the implications, risks, and goals of robot behaviour.
This Special Session is organised within the 32nd IEEE International
Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2023)
will be held at Paradise Hotel in Busan, South Korea from August 28 to 31,
2023.
Please find attached the full call for papers for the Special Session "*To
err is robotic: Understanding, preventing and resolving robots' failures in
HRI*".
Kindest regards
Alessandra Rossi, Kheng Lee Koay, Kerstin S. Haring
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SPECIAL SESSION
To err is robotic: Understanding, preventing and resolving robots' failures
in HRI
Code u3f1h
Robots placed in human-oriented dynamic environments, such as private
homes, shopping malls, healthcare facilities, are likely to exhibit
occasional behaviours which are perceived by people as unexpected,
failures, or actual errors. Robots' errors can negatively affect people's
perception of the robotic behaviours, in terms of usefulness,
functionalities and capabilities, trustworthiness and acceptability.
Robotics errors and how these are perceived by people do not only depend on
robot self, but they are also a consequence of other factors. For example,
they may be a consequence of human errors, or an unclear and
non-transparent communication, or they may depend on a misunderstanding and
miscommunication of the social, psychological and cognitive conventions
expected by people. Moreover, there are also some cases in which these
behaviours may be perceived as if robots intentionally deceive or cheat
people. As a consequence, these may result in people wrongly interpreting
and predicting the robots’ intents and behaviours, and negatively affecting
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI).
This session will focus on examine how people from perceive robot's
failures in short- and long-term interactions, and highlight how different
failures influence their perceptions and emotions toward the robots.
This will help with subject related to classifying of robot errors from the
aspect of human (e.g. intentional, voluntarily, perceived vs. real errors
-- recklessness, forgetfulness, poor motivation --) and robot dimensions
(e.g. actual error - algorithms, sensors, actuators). Moreover, while
dealing with robotic failures, it is fundamental to consider two different
strategies. The first one is oriented to prevent robots from exhibiting
unintended behaviours, which in some extreme cases may even endanger
people’s, pets’ safety, or break objects. Some examples are meant to enable
robots to adapt and recover from any erroneous behaviour, such as the use
of Software Verification Methods, Theory of Mind, robot etiquette. Others
are focused on mitigating the effects of robot errors with apologies,
promises or creating transparent robotic behaviours.
This session will explore how different techniques can be used to enhancing
natural human-robot communication (such as inner speech, legibility,
predictability and transparency of robotic behaviours, explicit and
non-explicit strategies) to help people understand the implications, risks,
and goals of robots' behaviours and to mitigate the perception of the
failures. In this session, we also want to explore strategies both to
prevent robots from exhibiting unintended behaviours, and to mitigate the
effects of robot errors on human-robot interaction.
The topics covered in this special session are in line with the main theme
of the conference (i.e., “Design New Bridge for H-R-I”). In particular, we
want to start by fostering the [R] Robotic Recovery and Reconnection to
allow [I] Intelligent Interface and Interaction for the [H] Human Health,
Happiness and Hope. Notably, accepted topics include, but are not limited
to:
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Explainable AI (XAI) in HRI
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Multi-modal situation awareness and spatial cognition
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Social intelligence for robots in interactive and non-interactive tasks
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Verifications Methods for autonomous agents
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Legibility, Predictability and Transparency in HRI
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Cognitive robotics
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Deception in HRI
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Robot cheating in HRI
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Theory of Mind, Mental models in HRI
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Robot etiquette
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Modelling Trust and Acceptance in HRI
Important Dates
All dates are in UTC Time Standard
Initial Paper Submission Deadline: March 17, 2023
Notification of Acceptance: May 26, 2023
Final Paper Submission: June 30, 2023
How to submit
Authors should submit their papers electronically in PDF format via the
Papercept submission site. For the initial submission, a manuscript can be
of 6-8 pages including references. For the final submission, a manuscript
should be of 6 pages, With 2 additional pages allowed with an extra charge
(TBA). All papers are reviewed using a single-blind review process.
All papers are reviewed using a single-blind review process: authors
declare their names and affiliations in the manuscript for the reviewers to
see, but reviewers do not know each other's identities, nor do the authors
receive information about who has reviewed their manuscript.
Authors should use the templates provided by the electronic submission
system. The templates for US Letter format paper should be used. Please use
the following templates:
Templates: LaTeX <https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/tex.php> or
MSWord <https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/word.php>
Papers should be submitted on http://ras.papercept.net/ under the "Submit a
contribution to RO-MAN 2023", by selecting special session paper, and use
the code: u3f1h
Do not forget the code and to select the special session paper.
Organisers
Dr. Alessandra Rossi - University of Naples Federico II, Italy -
alessandra.rossi(a)unina.it
Kheng Lee Koay - University of Hertfordshire, UK - k.l.koay(a)herts.ac.uk
Kerstin Sophie Haring - University of Denver, USA - b.d.researcher(a)ieee.org
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us!
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**** Call for Participation *****
ICRA2023 Preparation and dish Up of an English Breakfast with Robots (PUB.R) competition
May 29 to June 2, 2023 (In-person: Excel London, UK)
https://lcas.lincoln.ac.uk/wp/pubr
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Within the framework of the 2023 edition of the ICRA conference, we invite teams to test the design and control of their robots in the Preparation and dish Up of an English Breakfast with Robots (PUB.R) competition. The competition will showcase the last advancements in food handling and preparation by challenging traditional robotics domains, including navigation, manipulation, and scene understanding, but also proposing novel scientific challenges, such as robotic food tasting, communication, creativity, and art.
Teams may comprise any combination of students, academic members, private partners, government institutions, etc., without restriction on the number of participants per team. One member of the team must be elected as Team Leader (TL) and will act as a contact point for the team.
The PUB.R competition comprises three different scenarios: Shopping, Cooking, and Serving – each challenging different research aspects integrated into a single overarching goal. In the first scenario (Shopping), a subset of spices and sauces should be collected from a pantry area, and brought to the cooking station to prepare the desired recipe. In the second scenario (Cooking), the food has to be prepared, cooked and arranged on the plate by taking into consideration taste and appearance of the final dish. In the last scenario (Serving), a robot has to serve the meal to a table for judging preparation and plate arrangement, it has to explain the dish, and answer simple questions. For all scenarios, teams are invited to bring their own robot. However, a Tiago robot and a Baxter will be provided if requested. Each scenario is split down into tasks: points are awarded by executing partially or completely each task. The team earning the maximum number of points will be considered the winner of the PUB.R Competition 2023.
*** Competition Website
Additional information about the competition, rules and registration are available at https://lcas.lincoln.ac.uk/wp/pubr
*** Important Dates
April 14, 2023 Deadline for submitting application and qualification material
April 15, 2023 Acceptance notification
April 21, 2023 Deadline for accepted teams to confirm their participation
May 30-June 2, 2023 Competition
*** Organisers
University of Lincoln:
- Marcello Calisti, Associate Professor in Agri-Robotics, Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology
- Francesco Del Duchetto, Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems
- Marc Hanheide, Professor of Intelligent Robotics & Interactive Systems, Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems
- Elizabeth Sklar, Professor in Agri-Robotics, Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology
University of Cambridge:
- Fulvio Forni, Associate Professor in Engineering, Department of Engineering
- Fumiya Iida, Professor of Robotics, Department of Engineering
*** Contacts
For any additional request or information, please contact: Marcello Calisti mcalisti(a)lincoln.ac.uk or Francesco Del Duchetto fdelduchetto(a)lincoln.ac.uk.
We look forward to your unique and exceptional solutions and seeing your robots showcase their skills at ICRA!
Dear Sir:
Sorry that I have some trouble when sending our email to the committee through rc-home-oc(a)lists.robocup.org.I was always informed that my email was being held because I was not in the member list. I wonder if you could please help me submit our information to the committee.
Team Name: Tinker
League: OPL
Country: China
Affiliation: Tsinghua University
Team Leader Name: Xinyao Qin
Contact information (E-mail): qinxy20(a)mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Rank in local tournaments:9
Link to a team video: https://cloud.tsinghua.edu.cn/d/1ae2b3d968ac4fdea094/
Link to a team web site devoted to their efforts: 2022.tinker.tsinghua-furoc.com
Our TDP is attached to the email based on the official template.
Because China has adjusted the policy of epidemics, we ensure that we can go to the offline competition this year.
Looking forward to your reply! Thank you!
Hello good morning:
We are almost ready for the 23rd edition of the National Robotics Festival
- Portugal - FNR’2023 event.
We are pleased to address this invitation to invite you to participate in
the 2023 Portuguese Robotics Open (FNR'2023) which is promoted by the
Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (IPT) and the Portuguese Robotics Society
(SPR) and which will take place at the Municipal Pavilion of Tomar, from
April 28 to 30, 2023.
Categories:
Major:
DRAGSTAR
FREEBOTS
MANIPULADORES ROBÓTICOS
ROBOT@FACTORY LITE
ROBOT@FACTORY 4.0
CONDUÇÃO AUTÓNOMA
LIGA DE SIMULAÇÃO 3D
@HOME
Junior:
RCJ RESCUE SIMULATION
ROBOT@FACTORY LITE
FIRST CHALLENGER
FREEBOTS JÚNIOR
ONSTAGE
BUSCA E SALVAMENTO – LINHA
BUSCA E SALVAMENTO – LABIRINTO
ROBOCUP SOCCER (MSL)
The registration form is now available on the event's website!
If you register before April 2nd, in addition to guaranteeing your spot,
you are entitled to a discount on your team's registration.
Click the button below for more details and access to our website!
https://www.festivalnacionalrobotica.pt/2023/
If you have any questions, you can contact the organization through the
official email: info(a)festivalnacionalrobotica.pt
We look forward to your participation and present our best regards,
The Organizing Committee
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Patrícia Vergara