design retreat in
human-robot interaction

about

the design retreat brings together academics and industry professionals from all over the world who are experts in the field of design for human-robot interaction (design for hri) to engage in 2 days of hands-on interactive activities that will explore how to shape the future of design for hri of a 5-10 years roadmap.

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dates & location

14 and 15 april 2025

the design retreat is hosted on newlab,
a creative and entrepreneurial brand-new space in detroit

address: 2050 15th st, detroit, mi 48216

organizers

patricia

patrícia alves-oliveira

university of michigan, us

anastasia

anastasia kouvaras ostrowski

purdue university, us

research team

aleena qaiser

aleena qaiser

university of michigan, us

guan-ling chen

guan-ling chen

university of michigan, us

participants

abhishek nesarula

abhishek nesarula

university of michigan, us

bernhard sendhoff

bernhard sendhoff

honda research institute europe, germany

carla diana

carla diana

cranbrook academy of art, us

david sirkin

david sirkin

us

hannah pelikan

hannah pelikan

linköping university, sweden

jonathan ota

jonathan ota

amazon lab126, us

karolina zawieska

karolina zawieska

copenhagen business school, denmark

mafalda gamboa

mafalda gamboa

chalmers university of technology, sweden

marco c. rozendaal

marco c. rozendaal

delft university of technology, netherlands

natalie friedman

natalie friedman

sap, us

nik martelaro

nik martelaro

carnegie mellon university, us

paulo alvito

paulo alvito

id mind, portugal

samantha reig

samantha reig

university of massachusetts lowell, us

selma sabanovic

selma sabanovic

indiana university bloomington, us

sonya kwak

sonya kwak

korea institute of science and technology, korea

sooyeon jeong

sooyeon jeong

purdue university, us

vicky charisi

vicky charisi

harvard university, us

waki kamino

waki kamino

cornell university, us

wendy ju

wendy ju

cornell tech, us

yuhan hu

yuhan hu

apple, us

future

we will be expanding the design-based concentration within the hri and robotics communities.
check back on this website after the retreat for open access materials, additional future events, and publications!