RobotRoom
We introduce the concept of "robot-rooms," where a small room physically reconfigures itself to create multiple, adaptable spaces. By integrating collaborative design and agile, rapid prototyping at room scale, our research explores how such environments could transform to meet diverse human needs. Through a co-design investigation including brain-storming, bodystorming, and interviews with 30 participants in 12 groups, we explore the potential configurations of a robot-room prototype with the following contributions: (1) understanding the design space for reconfigurable rooms, and (2) uncovering perspectives on the future of reconfigurable living environments. This research highlights the potential of reconfigurable spaces to enhance functionality, flexibility, and well-being in compact settings, offering a foundation for future exploration of adaptive, human-centered spaces and advancing the concept of human-machine cohabitation within HCI and HRI.
Publications (Ongoing):
Ge (Serena) Guo, Raquel Cañete Yaque, Jenny Yu, Gilly Leshed, Ian Walker, and Keith Evan Green. Envisioning Robot-Rooms: Collaborative Design and Agile Prototyping at Room-Scale to Extend the Boundaries of "Home". (Submitted to) the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ‘25)
Ge (Serena) Guo, Raquel Cañete Yaque, Jenny Yu, Gilly Leshed, Ian Walker, and Keith Evan Green. When the Robot Surrounds Us: Co-Designing a New Kind of Human-Robot Interaction in a Full-Scale, ``Robot-Room" Prototype. (Submitted to) the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, (RO-MAN ‘25)