This is a really fun project I completed with Ruojia Sun @ CU Boulder, which turned into a visual-media submission to RO-MAN22 GenR workshop.

Our project explores the norm-critical design of robots in 2 ways: 1. Designing robots around the theme of slow living, and 2. Applying gender-neutral design in a robot for mindfulness and relaxation with the aim of diversifying user populations. Robots have been associated with utility and efficiency from their conception and persisting to today. This is reflective of societal values of productivity, which leads to stress and burnout in excess amounts. We critique the connection between robots and productivity, instead explore robotics that centers slowness and mindfulness.

How does the modality of communication used during task guidance interact with the type of workload imposed by an underlying task to determine overall task performance?

Work under review at Transactions on Human-Machine Systems