Mehrbod Manavi
Vita
Mehrbod Manavi studierte an der Universität Siegen, wo er seinen Master of Science in “ Human Computer Interaction ” abschloss. Während seines Studiums war er mehrere Jahre lang als studentische Hilfskraft in Projekten im Zusammenhang mit “ Roboter in der Pflege ” wie Myaha, Aria und Padero beschäftigt. Im Rahmen dieser Projekte erstellte er geeignete Anwendungen und Inhalte für Pepper-Roboter, die für ältere Erwachsene geeignet sind, und führte mit ihnen Benutzertests durch, um die Benutzerfreundlichkeit dieser Anwendungen sicherzustellen.
Seit Dezember 2021 ist er als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Neue Medien tätig. Seine Forschung konzentriert sich auf die Entwicklung von Endnutzern und die Mensch-Roboter-Interaktion im Bereich sozialer Assistenzroboter in privaten Haushalten.
Publikationen
2022
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Chang, Y., Carros, F., Manavi, M. & Rathmann, M. (2022)How do Roboticists Imagine a Robotised Future? A Case Study on a Japanese HRI Research Project
doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0081.v1
[BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]This study observes, interprets, and analyses the knowledge production in the research field of Human–Robot Interaction (HRI). It intends to foreground the hidden assumptions that are often taken for granted when roboticist design and conduct their research. By doing so, this study demonstrates how these assumptions influence the result of their research. Based on data collected through sociological field observation, this study argues that the current practise in HRI research is highly anthropocentric. In short, the robots are designed to be like human instead of for human. Therefore, the human–robot relationship embodies the existing power relations between human beings. These relations generate inequality, hierarchy, and dominance, which are the opposite of the common imagination of the robotised future among roboticists. For the purpose of enabling the robotised future closer to their ideal, this study suggests that HRI researchers to go beyond the conventional methodology, to allow a human–robot relationship that realises reciprocity.
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Carros, F., Bürvenich, B., Browne, R., Matsumoto, Y., Trovato, G., Manavi, M., Homma, K., Ogawa, T., Wieching, R. & Wulf, V. (2022)Not that Uncanny After All? An Ethnographic Study on Android Robots Perception of Older Adults in Germany and Japan
Social Robotics. Cham, Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland, Pages: 574–586 doi:10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_51
[BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]Intercultural studies are scarce but yet insightful to better understand reactions of older adults to human-like Android robot behavior. They help to see which reactions of participants are universal and which are country specific. Research with android robots and older adults has many results that are based on online research with pictures or on research that has been carried out in labs in one country. Within a Japanese-European research project, we had the rare occasion to work with an android robot in both countries and compare the results. We collected data from 19 participants that were invited in a Living Lab at two universities in Japan and Germany. The data contains interviews, videos and questionnaires and was analyzed with a mixed method approach. Results indicate that the android robots of this study are not in the valley of the uncanny valley theory. We could observe that the older adults and stakeholders from both countries were open to talk to the robot, some even about private topics, while others preferred to use the robot to retrieve information. German participants wished for more gestures, while Japanese participants were keen on the relatively little number of gestures. With this work we contribute to a broader understanding on how older adults perceive android robots and could show that an android robot with its human-like appearance is not seen as uncanny.
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