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SUMMARY:Telepresence robotics for supporting remote collaboration: How peo
 ple interact with each other via robotic bodies
DTSTART:20140718T101500
DTEND:20140718T111500
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Leila Takayama\, Google\nLeila Takayama is a senior user ex
 perience researcher at Google[x]\, a Google lab that aims for moonshots in
  science and technology. She is also a Young Global Leader and Global Agen
 da Council Members for the area of robotics and smart devices for the Worl
 d Economic Forum. In 2012\, she was named a TR35 winner (Technology Review
 's Top 35 innovators under 35) and one of the 100 most creative people in 
 business by Fast Company. Prior to joining Google[x]\, Leila was a researc
 h scientist and area manager for human-robot interaction at Willow Garage.
  With a background in Cognitive Science\, Psychology\, and Human-Computer 
 Interaction\, she examines human encounters with new technologies. Dr. Tak
 ayama completed her PhD in Communication at Stanford University in June 20
 08\, advised by Professor Clifford Nass. She also holds a PhD minor in Psy
 chology from Stanford\, MA in Communication from Stanford\, and BAs in Psy
 chology and Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley (2003). During her graduate
  studies\, she was a research assistant in the User Interface Research (UI
 R) group at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). http://www.leilatakayama.org
 \nHave you ever wondered what it’s like to be a robot? While others are 
 wildly speculating about what the future of robots will look like\, we act
 ually already know quite a bit about what it’s like to live and work aro
 und robots. We also know a lot about what it’s like to telecommute to wo
 rk everyday via telepresence robot. Coming from a human-robot interaction 
 perspective\, I’ll be sharing some of those experiences and lessons with
  you. Over the past several years\, I’ve collaborated with remote collea
 gues via robotic telepresence systems that enabled them to drive themselve
 s around the office\, join in those impromptu hallway meetings\, pounce on
  us when we didn’t respond to emails\, and ultimately build stronger wor
 king relationships. I’ll present the research lessons learned from sever
 al years of fielding prototype telepresence robots in multiple companies a
 nd running quantitative user studies in the lab to figure out how to bette
 r support remote collaboration.
LOCATION:BC 410 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20410
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