=== DESIGNING ROBOTIC ARTEFACTS WITH USER- AND EXPERIENCE-CENTRED PERSPECTIVES ===

more details here -> http://www.sics.se/~majac/workshop2/

==== Robotic Myths ====


  * **Myth**: Robots shoud never make mistakes, they should be "perfect and flawless" (ISTAG)
  * **Annoyances**
    * sociopathic behavious
    * ignoring different cultural/social values
    * imperfectiosn can be interesting/human
    * do we expect all robots to be superheros?
    * assumptions of perfection often hinder the development of current robots (e.g. maintainence is not considered necessary for a 'perfect' robot)
    * humans are not perfect, why should machines be?
    * perfection is context specific, context sensitive
    * ignores inevitability of entropy. we should work with, rather than against entropy
  * **Origins**
    * Ideal meachines of the Industrial Age, always working, never needing to sleep, get paid or complain
    * godlike delusions of engineers
    * striving for perfection in design/engineering
  * **Maintaining the myth**
    * reinforced by consistent desire for improvement, onward & upward!
    * using "perfection" as a placeholder or substitute for articulating desires and/or purpose of machines/autonobots
    * human nature to improve things
    * stories, film. fiction, etc+ pop culture
    * NOTE: 'evil' robots are usually protrayed as 'perfect' in pop.culture, the 'flaws' or failings make the robots seem more human or 'good'

  * **Strategies to dispel the myth**
    * imperfection by design
    * better illustrate the value of imperfect systems
    * do not let visions escape into the future, maintian enough "now" for the future to stand on
    * designing artefacts that embrace noise, error, ambiguity -> normal/useful/etc
    * consider maintainence as part of use (i.e. use cases, experience design)
    * design for decay
    * use imperfections to build character, quirks, personality, etc+ (e.g. reduced acuracy vision system & eye tracking -> less annoying characterisation)


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see also; [[category robotics]], [[project lirec]], [[the animist paradox]]