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HRI 학생 디자인 대회는?
HRI 2021 학생 디자인 대회(약칭: SDC)는 고등학생과 대학생들이 개인 또는 소규모 팀을 구성해 참가하는 친선 대회입니다. 상호작용로봇을 발명하고 설계하고 제작한 후, HRI 2021 학회 기간동안 전세계 연구원들에게 선보이게 됩니다. 이번 대회는 2021년 3월에 온라인으로 진행합니다.
기술, 디자인, 그리고 소셜과학을 공부하거나 관심있는 전 세계 학생들의 참가를 기다립니다.
중요 일정
제출 마감: 2020년 12월 10일
심사 결과 발표: 2021년 1월 8일
최종본 제출: 2021년 1월 18일
학회 기간을 며칠 앞두고 발표 관련 내용을 안내할 계획입니다. 로봇의 디자인과 동작, 컨셉, 그리고 사람과의 상호작용 등을 보여줄 수 있는 동영상이 필요합니다. 자세한 내용은 추후 안내 예정입니다. 하지만 가능한 문서와 비디오는 미리 준비하기를 권유합니다.
디자인 과제 및 요소
코로나19 하에서 개최되는 이번 학회의 테마는 Bolder Human-Robot Interaction입니다. 그리고 올해 학생 디자인 대회 주제는 “A Robot to Support Us Through Lockdown”입니다. 이 주제 하에서 학생들은 자유롭게 아이디어를 낼 수 있습니다.
예를 들면:
- 사랑하는 사람과 상호작용을 가능하게 해주는 로봇
- 가정에서 사람들을 안정적으로 만들어줄 수 있는 로봇
- 우울할 때 춤을 춰주는 로봇
- 자가격리중인 이웃이나 친구에게 메세지를 전달해줄 수 있는 로봇
- 가족간의 관계에 도움을 줄 수 있는 로봇
하지만 위 예들은 단지 예일 뿐, 학생들의 창의적인 아이디어를 기다립니다.
학생들은 실현 가능한 로봇을 설계하고 이 로봇이 사람들에게 어떤 영향을 미칠 수 있는지에 초점을 두는 것을 권유합니다. 또한 이를 현실화 하기 위해 어떤 아이디어와 배경지식이 필요한지, 어떤 과정으로 현실화할 수 있는지, 어떻게하면 사람들에게 좋은 느낌을 줄 수 있는지에 대해서 생각하기 바랍니다. 이를 실 환경에서 사람들이 어떻게 사용할 수 있는지에 대한 시나리오도 그림 형식으로 보여주세요.
로봇은 어떻게 만드는가?
옷이나 박스 같은 재활용 소재나 주변 상점에서 쉽게 구할 수 있는 작은 물건들, 장난감이나 일상 생활에 필요한 물건들, 그리고 연구실에서 쉽게 구할 수 있는 재료들을 이용해서 로봇을 만들면 됩니다. 로봇을 만든 후 오픈소스 솔루션이나 예제들을 활용해 로봇이 움직이게 만들어보세요. HRI 학생 디자인 대회는 창의적인 아이디어를 더 중요하게 생각하기에 아이템에 대한 제한은 전혀 없습니다. 어떤 재료를 사용해도 좋습니다. 기술적인 내용 보다는 세상을 놀라게 만들 수 있는 아이디어와 영감에 중점을 두세요.
학생 디자인 대회에는 어떻게 참가하나요?
한팀은 최소 1명부터 최대 5명까지 구성할 수 있습니다. 2020년 12월 10일까지 1-2장의 요약문서를 제출해주세요. 문서에는 다음 내용이 필요합니다.
- 프로젝트 제목 / 참가자 명단 (이름, 학교, 이메일주소)
- 100 단어 이하의 요약문
- 로봇과 시나리오에 대한 간단한 설명: 어디서 어떻게 로봇을 사용하는지, 로봇이 사람과 어떻게 상호작용을 하는지 기술적인 내용과 사용법에 대해 설명하세요. 아이디어나 컨셉을 보여줄 수 있는 그림이나 스케치도 추가해도 좋습니다.
- 디자인 과정에 대한 간단한 설명: 아이디어는 어디에서 나왔는지, 어떤 문제를 해결할 수 있고, 기존 로봇들과는 어떻게 다른지, 어떤 좋은 점이 있는지에 대해 설명하세요. 그림이나 동영상을 추가해도 좋습니다.
Jury and Awards
The HRI community is very diverse, including researchers and practitioners from computer science and engineering, social science, art and design, and a goal of the competition is to recognize outstanding contributions from any of these disciplines.
We expect that there will be several awards along several categories that include interaction, design, creativity, and implementation. This year, we will be paying special attention to the design process that the teams engaged in to create a social robot.
The award-winning teams will have a social time with experts in the field of HRI. During this time, teams can ask questions, connect, and network with renowned researchers in HRI.
Competition Guidelines
Procedure
Teams (or individuals) should design, build, and document their projects during the time frame prior to the HRI 2021 Conference. We strongly encourage to photograph and video record their design and development process of the robot, to include during final video presentations.
Participants
We invite students from all stages of their university careers, from undergraduate to postgraduate, and high school students from any disciplinary focus area. While not required, we encourage multidisciplinary, even international, team membership.
Team size
Please form teams of no more than 5 members. If your team has reason to exceed this number, please check with the SDC Chairs at sdc2021@humanrobotinteraction.org first. Individual applications are also welcome.
Registration
Registration for the competition itself is free, although at least 1 member of each team must register for, and attend, the HRI 2021 conference. Individual participations will need to register for the conference.
Submission
There is no limit to the number of entries per university, school, or organization. We encourage each student to focus on a single team entry, although students are permitted to join multiple teams.
Expenses
We are communicating with conference organizers now, but thus far, there is no sponsorship or reimbursement available for competition costs, such as developing design prototypes, or conference registration. We will post an update to this site if funding becomes available.
Submission and Presentations
Initial Submissions: Participants should prepare an initial submission and submit it via the “paper submission and review” website (deadline: 10 December 2020). Creating and submitting an initial submission is how student teams enter the competition and indicate that they are working on a project.
Camera-Ready Submissions: Teams whose submissions are accepted should submit a 1–2-page camera-ready version, updated to reflect the team’s progress to that date, for inclusion in the ACM digital library and IEEE Xplore. The camera-ready version should follow the double-column IEEE Proceedings Template.
Presentations: During the conference, the SDC session will be a virtual art exhibition of the robot competitions that will include:
- Videos of the teams showing their process of making a robot.
- Teams are encouraged to showcase and demo their robot live during the session as the most informative and entertaining representation of their work. This will provide opportunities for the audience to better understand how their robot should be used and was envisioned to interact with people.
There will be interaction sessions during the SDC in zoom in which teams and audience will be assigned different breakout rooms to engage in discussions about the process of making their robot. This will serve to share experience with the conference audience.
Frequently Asked
What are “robots”?
We want to encourage a broad interpretation of what an interactive robot might be to each team. They could be custom-built objects or components, repurposed products or furnishings, hacked toys or appliances, or whatever teams have on-hand. We recommend letting the context, people, and interaction guide the design.
Can teams use any hardware or software on their project?
Teams may use any physical platform for their interactive robots, and should choose based on their chosen interaction context, the people involved, and the activities in which their objects will engage. To control their robots, teams may use any software platform, open or closed source, or even no software if that suits their design.
Is there any sponsorship for expenses to develop interactive everyday objects, or to attend the HRI conference?
We are trying to arrange a way to cover (or to offset) teams’ development expense, and/or attendance expense, but it is still not certain. We will post updates here as we learn more.
Can any student be a member of more than one team?
Students may join more than 1 team and teams should be constituted of maximum 5 elements. Individual submissions are also welcome.
Is there a social platform or service for finding teammates?
We do not have a platform set up to help teams form, although you’re welcome to take the initiative. Let us know, and we will post details on the website. If we receive enough interest from individuals or small teams, we may collect and send your email addresses to each other.
Can student members join or leave teams after submitting a proposal?
Individual members may be added or removed from teams up until 2 weeks prior to the conference. To make such changes, please email the Chairs at sdc2021@humanrobotinteraction.org as soon as possible.
Can someone who isn’t a student participate?
The HRI 2021 Student Design Competition is only open to students, although students at any university level (bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD) may participate.
Can other people, or advisors, help with the competition project?
It is alright to seek external help for bugs and other issues, however, people external to the team should not contribute significantly to the project’s ideas or implementation. Advisors may advise on ideas, designs and approach, but team members should be the primary source of conceptual and execution effort in developing the project.
Can a team withdraw after submitting a proposal?
Teams are able to withdraw. In this case, please notify the Student Design Competition Chairs at sdc2021@humanrobotinteraction.org at least 2 weeks prior to the conference. For team members seeking reimbursement for conference registration fees, please contact the Finance Chairs at financechairs2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Student Design Competition Organizers
sdc2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Patricia Alves-Oliveira (University of Washington, USA)
Séverin Lemaignan (Bristol Robotics Lab, United Kingdom)