WHEN: 15 Dec
WHERE: Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal
CALL FOR PAPERS – Designing for People in Human-Robot Collaboration issue
Our postdoctoral research fellows, Stine Johansen and Alan Burden, along with Eike Schneiders and Alex Walzer, are the guest editors for the Designing for People in Human-Robot Collaboration issue of Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) to be released in April/May 2024.
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, the call is for research on how to design for close collaboration between robots and people.
Important Dates
Deadline: 15th December 2023
Notification to the authors: 30th March 2024
Camera ready paper: 20th April 2024
Publication: April/May 2024 (TBC)