Docent lecture: Between Robotic Visions and Human Realities

There is a tension between the robotic visions created in research and popular media, and the realities that people face in society when using robotic products. What can we do about these tensions and why is it important that we engage in them? My research journey started out in the research field Human Computer Interaction (HCI), but is now focused on human-robot interaction (HRI) and Human Drone Interaction (HDI), where I am aiming to understand experiences of robotic artefacts with ethnographic inspired methods. In this docent lecture, I will share my ongoing research about Critical Robotics, building on what I learned from working in-house with professional designers at a design and innovation firm, and from being a researcher in a field that produces knowledge about robotic artefacts.

Sara Ljungblad is a senior lecturer in Interaction Design at the joint Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. She finished her Ph. D thesis in Human-Machine Interaction in 2008, and after this she spent three years as an inhouse researcher at a design and innovation agency. Sara Ljungblad is interested in human-centred design and design skills. Ljungblad calls for more critical robotics research, with norm-creative and designerly perspectives. She has published her research in venues such as THRI, CHI, CSCW, Ro-Man, HRI, NordiCHI, Swedish Design Research Journal, EAD, DIS and Interact.

The lecture is hybrid: Zoom https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/63797533931 Mötes-ID: 637 9753 3931, Lösenkod: 1234