Symbiotic - A Workshop on Transferability between Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and Autonomous Vehicle Interaction Research

This workshop is designed to explore the potential synergies between established research on Social and Assistive Robots within HRI and the emerging field of Autonomous Vehicle and Other Road Users (AV-ORU) interactions. It examines the bidirectional applicability of principles, methodologies, and insights and seeks to initiate a detailed discussion on the distinctions and parallels between HRI and AV-ORU interactions to promote more meaningful, context-aware exchange and prevent the oversimplification of transferability. The goal is to encourage the integration of methodologies, broaden the ethical considerations in play, improve the focus on user-centric research in interactions and ultimately address shared challenges, innovative solutions towards sophisticated, ethically sound, and socially integrated autonomous systems.