Distributed agency in HRI

In this research, we explored the implementation of distributed agency on mobile care robots through the development of a prototype of the Plant Watering Robot (PWR). Our efforts were part of the broader scope of the ReThiCare (Rethinking Care Robots) project, funded by Volkswagen Stiftung from 2019 to 2022.

More details about our work can be found in the following publications:

Graf, G., Lefeuvre, K., Palinko, O., Naik, L., Zarp, C. S., Bischof, A., … & Krüger, N. (2022). Fostering Well-being in Care with the Nautical Designed Plant Watering Robot. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (pp. 255-261).

Palinko, O., Graf, P., Naik, L., Lefeuvre, K., Zarp, C. S., & Krüger, N. (2021, November). Intention Signaling for Mobile Social Service Robots-The Example of Plant Watering. In International Conference on Social Robotics (pp. 797-802). Springer, Cham.