Banner showing the river near the Arbetets Museum

Event Programme

13:15-13:30 Welcome and introduction (Hannah Pelikan and Stuart Reeves) video
13:30-14:00 Keynote Standardization of public-area mobile robots (PMRs) (Lee St. James - Urban Robotics Foundation) video
14:00-14:30 Empirical studies of public robots (Anna Dobrosovestnova – TU Vienna video, Oskar Lindwall – University of Gothenburg video, EunJeong Cheon – Syracuse University video)
14:30-15:00 Keynote Bringing self-driving robots to public spaces (Lisa Johnson - Starship) video
15:00-15:20 BREAK
15:20-15:50 Keynote Helsingbotica community robot (Daniel RudmarkSwedish National Road and Transport Research Institute) video
15:50-16:20 Empirical studies of public robots (Nikolas Martelaro – Carnegie Mellon University video, Franziska Babel – Linköping University video, Wendy Ju - Cornell University video)
16:20-16:50 Keynote Ride the Future – A long-term demonstration project (Anna AnundSwedish National Road and Transport Research Institute) video
16:50-17:00 Closing discussion: The challenges for / of robots in public
18:00 DINNER @ The Lamp
A photo of the Arbetets Museum in Norrköping, Sweden
The Arbetets Museum in Norrköping, Sweden

Talk Recordings

We recorded all the talks given at the event. Videos have been lightly edited and shared as unlisted YouTube videos, embedded below.

Welcome and introduction

Hannah Pelikan and Stuart Reeves

Standardization of public-area mobile robots (PMRs)

Lee St. James

Designing for the real world: Academic vs. industry approaches to (urban) robots design

Anna Dobrosovestnova

Categorial trouble in public space: Membership, visiblity and robots

Oskar Lindwall

Empirical insights from walking along with robots in urban streets

EunJeong Cheon

Bringing self-driving robots to public spaces

Lisa Johnson

Helsingbotica community robot

Daniel Rudmark

Sharing the sidewalk: Observing and designing public robot interactions

Nikolas Martelaro

The unknown and the unexpected in public robot deployments

Franziska Babel

Robot in the city

Wendy Ju

Ride the Future – A long-term demonstration project

Anna Anund