Organisers
Jared Donovan, QUT School of Design, QUT Design Lab, Australian Cobotics Centre
Jared Donovan is an Associate Professor in Interaction Design at QUT and a co-lead of the Human Robot Interaction research program at the Australian Cobotics Centre. His work is concerned with investigating ways to design collaborative robotic systems so that they support the work and needs of people in authentic work settings.
Dagmar Reinhardt, University of Sydney, School of Architecture, Design and Planning
Dagmar Reinhardt is an Associate Professor and a Leader of the Robotics Lab and Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney She is a practising architect, researcher and educator. Reinhardt’s research focuses on the intersection and integration of architecture, acoustics, structure, robotics, fabrication, material and constructions constraints into design and interdisciplinary collaborations. She investigates opportunities for leveraging robotic fabrication methods to adapt geometry, materiality and construction methods within design technology, so new solutions become available for the difficult relationship between human labour and construction automation in the building trades.
Glenda Amayo Caldwell, QUT School of Architecture and Built Environment, QUT Design Lab, Australian Cobotics Centre
Glenda Caldwell is a Professor in Architecture and the Discipline Lead (Architecture) in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the Queensland University of Technology. She is the Deputy Director and Associate Director Research Training at the Australian Cobotics Centre and a Chief Investigator of the Designing Socio-Technical Robotic Systems program. She conducts human-centred research that integrates human, social, and technical considerations into the design of robotic processes for human robot collaboration in industrial manufacturing, design robotics, architectural robotics, and construction robotics.
Muge Belek Fialho Teixeira, QUT School of Architecture and Built Environment, QUT Centre for Environment and Society, Australian Cobotics Centre
Muge Belek Fialho Teixeira is an Associate Professor of Interior Design in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the Queensland University of Technology. She is the program co-lead and a Chief Investigator at the Australian Cobotics Centre Designing Socio-Technical Robotic Systems program. Muge is a passionate designer and researcher in the areas of design robotics, and computational design. She believes we can tackle the challenges of climate change with technology enabled innovative, and aesthetic design solutions.
Lian Loke, University of Sydney, School of Architecture, Design and Planning
Lian Loke is an Associate Professor in Interaction Design at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney. Lian’s research in the multi-disciplinary field of human-computer interaction studies and stages the interactivity of humans and machines through a choreographic and somaesthetic lens.
Markus Rittenbruch, QUT School of Design, QUT Design Lab, Australian Cobotics Centre
Markus Rittenbruch is a Professor in Interaction Design and the Academic Leader Research for the School of Design at QUT and a co-lead of the Human Robot Interaction research program at the Australian Cobotics Centre. His work is concerned with understanding how to help people collaborate with and through robotic systems using participatory design approaches.
Mari Velonaki, UNSW Art & Design Mari Velonaki is a Professor of Social Robotics at Art & Design, UNSW.
She is the founder and director of the Creative Robotics Lab (Art & Design UNSW) and the founder and director of the National Facility for Human Robot Interaction Research (UNSW, USYD, UTS, St Vincent’s Hospital). Her research is situated in the multi-disciplinary field of Social Robotics. Her approach to Social Robotics’ research has been informed by aesthetics and design principles that stem from the theory and practice of Interactive Media Art. Velonaki has made significant contributions in the areas of Social Robotics, Media Art and Human-Machine Interface Design.