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Course Outline

Introduction to Human-Robot Interaction

  • Overview of HRI and its multidisciplinary scope
  • Key applications across industry, healthcare, and service robotics
  • Human-centered design principles for interactive systems

Voice Interaction and Speech-Based Control

  • Fundamentals of speech recognition and natural language understanding
  • Building voice commands and responses with Python
  • Connecting speech interfaces to ROS-based robotic platforms

Gesture Recognition and Nonverbal Communication

  • The role of gestures and body language in human–robot dialogue
  • Applying computer vision for gesture detection and classification
  • Implementing real-time gesture recognition using OpenCV and AI models

Collaborative and Shared Control

  • Core principles of human–robot collaboration and shared autonomy
  • Safety frameworks for physical and cognitive interactions
  • Utilizing sensor feedback and adaptive control for cooperative tasks

Designing Multimodal Interaction Systems

  • Synthesizing voice, gesture, and visual feedback
  • Managing context and user intent within multimodal frameworks
  • Building a simple multimodal HRI prototype in a simulated environment

Human Factors, Ethics, and Safety in HRI

  • Human perception, trust, and acceptance of robotic systems
  • Ethical considerations in collaborative robotics
  • Evaluating the usability and safety of interaction interfaces

Hands-on Project: Building a Voice and Gesture-Controlled Collaborative Robot

  • Designing system architecture and defining interaction modes
  • Developing speech and gesture modules
  • Integrating and testing the complete HRI prototype

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • A foundational understanding of robotics concepts and Python programming
  • Familiarity with human–machine interfaces or control systems
  • A keen interest in interaction design, perception technologies, or applied AI

Target Audience

  • HRI researchers focused on human–robot collaboration
  • Product designers working on interactive or assistive robots
  • Engineers investigating multimodal interaction and control architectures
 21 Hours

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