Workshop on Designing Transparent and Understandable Robots (D-TUR)

In order for robots to act as an empowering tool in today's society, it is necessary for users to understand what those robots can and cannot do. This can happen through the design of the robot, through external information such as signs and manuals, or through the interaction itself. With this workshop, we aim to provide a platform for participants who approach robot transparency from different angles to share and discuss their experiences. Participants will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of transparent and understandable robot interactions through two keynotes and paper presentations. The diverse backgrounds of participants will be brought together in interactive exercises that aim to address questions about topics such as how transparency can be used to reduce inequalities and empower society and other open problems in the field. The guided break-out sessions aim at giving participants the chance to reflect on the keynotes, paper presentations and their own work and to share those reflections with participants with other perspectives.