A5011968439- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Interactive and Immersive Displays
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Usability and User Interface Design
- Team Dynamics and Performance
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Mobile Agent-Based Network Management
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Augmented Reality Applications
- Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
- Distributed systems and fault tolerance
- AI in Service Interactions
- Conferences and Exhibitions Management
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Persona Design and Applications
- Transportation and Mobility Innovations
- Speech and dialogue systems
- Information and Cyber Security
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- ICT in Developing Communities
University of Nottingham
2020-2025
Mobile Robotic Telepresence (MRP) systems afford remote communication with an embodied physicality and autonomous mobility, which is thought to be useful for creating a sense of presence in hybrid activities. In this paper, drawing on phenomenology, we interviewed seven long term users MRP understand the lived experience participating spaces through telepresence robot. The users' accounts show how capabilities robot impact interactions, differs from in-person presence. Whilst not feeling as...
Mobile Robotic Telepresence (MRP) systems are remotely controlled, mobile videoconferencing devices that allow the remote user to move independently and have a physical presence in environment. This paper presents longitudinal study of MRP use home, where first author used an connect with family, her partner, friends over six-month period. Taking ethnomethodological approach, we present video recorded fragments explore phenomenon 'visiting' users drop into home for period time. We unpack...
Via audiovisual communications and a controllable physical embodiment, Mobile Robotic telePresence (MRP) systems aim to support enhanced collaboration between remote local members of given setting. But MRP also put the user in positions where they frequently rely on help partners. Getting or 'recruiting' such can be done with various verbal embodied actions ranging explicitness. In this paper, we look at how recruitment occurs video data drawn from an experiment pairs participants (one...
Organisations wishing to maintain employee satisfaction for hybrid collaboration need explore flexible solutions that provide value both remote and on-site employees. In this case study, we report on the roll-out of a telepresence robot pilot at Microsoft Research Cambridge UK test whether robots would enjoyable planned unplanned encounters between We describe work was undertaken prepare roll-out, including Occupational Health Safety assessment, systems safety security, information employees...
Mobile robotic telepresence (MRP) allows remote users' access and mobility in a range of local environments. MRP devices have been adopted societally significant domains such as workplaces, museums, commerce, education, healthcare, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic to provide accessibility these spaces when physical attendance was precluded. Although robots autonomous systems features collision avoidance, they do not typically allow for manipulation environment, so found engender...
Mobile robotic telepresence technology may be a potential solution to hybrid communication as it allows remote attendees embodied movement in space. Yet, there is little exploration into how its affordances fit with the practices and needs of workplaces. This paper presents findings from interviews conducted following discontinued deployment robots at offices global company. The indicate that this case 1) knowledge workers were equipped manage work, 2) offered limited perceived value, 3)...
In recent years virtual meetings have become the predominant alternative to face-to-face meetings. Ongoing efforts in design of telepresence robots promise remote access physical settings and a greater sense presence, leading improved collaboration. However, comparable presence utility has yet be achieved. Mobile still provides limited ways interact with users (e.g., environment other people). This workshop aims re-imagine robots, moving away from decades-old 'iPad-on-a-stick' paradigm....
We are rapidly moving to a hybrid world, where telepresence technologies play crucial role. But, current ready for such shift? Do they provide adequate support interaction and collaboration? In this workshop, together with the participants, we will try out variety of meetings. Based on small group activities explore how different systems compare in terms immersion, interaction, usability. Additionally, reflect social implications telepresence. The aim workshop is bring lived experiences both...