"Robots in the wild: Methodological explorations of robots in everyday environments"
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Robots are becoming an increasingly familiar presence in our streets, campuses, hospitals, and cities. As these systems move beyond the lab and into public life, they raise new questions about how we study their roles, interactions, and impacts. This interdisciplinary workshop invites scholars and practitioners to reflect on the diverse methods used to prototype, deploy, and study robots “in the wild.” Through lightning talks, a keynote, and a World Café–style discussion and mapping activity, we will explore how different research traditions—from design and HCI to STS and urban studies—approach the study of public robots. Participants will be invited to share insights from fieldwork, surface methodological challenges, and co-develop future directions for interdisciplinary inquiry.
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