April 20–21, 2026 · Faculdade de Ciências, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Open to researchers, students, and practitioners at all levels — no prior design or robotics experience required. Join us for an intensive 2-day workshop on integrating design perspectives into HCI/HRI research. This workshop focuses on design as a tool for inquiry: how to structure studies, build prototypes, and ask the right questions to understand what users truly need.
Participants will get hands-on experience building a robot and customizing it to explore their own research question. The workshop emphasizes that users are experts in their own lives; our role as researchers is to design the right inquiries and tools to reveal insights about human needs and behaviors.
Participants will build and program a TiltyBot — a small robot platform you can customize to explore your research question.
Assistant Professor
Faculdade de Ciências, University of Lisbon
PhD Candidate
Cornell University
PhD Candidate
Cornell University
Associate Professor
Cornell University
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