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  • Zeitschriftenartikel
    Addressing loneliness in the workplace through human-robot interaction Development and evaluation of a social office robot concept
    (i-com: Vol. 22, No. 1, 2023) Busch, Melina; Lindermayer, Tim; Schuster, Klara; Zhang, Jonas; von Terzi, Pia
    New work has been a topic for a few years now and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought this trend more into focus, i.e., working remotely became more popular. However, besides various advantages, there is the risk of loneliness in employees, which can negatively affect their work performance and mental health. Research in different domains suggests that social robots could reduce loneliness. Since we were interested in whether and how such findings are transferable to the office context, we developed and tested a concept for a social office robot. More specifically, we first conducted a cultural probes study with white-collar workers to gain information about workplace loneliness and its drivers. Second, we explored design possibilities for a social office robot in a focus group. Based on the results, we created a concrete concept, Luca, which we finally evaluated and optimized with the help of interviews with participants from various industries. The present work contributes to HRI research and practice, e.g., by providing design recommendations for the implementation of a social office robot. Future research could investigate the effectiveness of a social office robot intervention in field studies. Next to implications for research and practice, potential limitations are discussed.
  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Using Vision Videos in Virtual Focus Groups: Experiences and Recommendations
    (Softwaretechnik-Trends Band 41, Heft 1, 2021) Karras,O.; Polst, S.; Späth, K.
    Facilitated meetings are an established practice for the requirements engineering activities elicitation and validation. Focus groups are one well-known technique for implementing this practice. Some researchers have already reported the success ful use of vision videos for stimulating active discussions among the participants of on-site focus groups, e.g., for validating scenarios and eliciting feedback. These vision videos show scenarios of a system vision. In this way, the videos serve all parties involved as a visual reference point to actively disclose, discuss, and align their mental models of the future system to achieve a shared understanding. In the joint project TrUSD, we had planned to conduct such an on-site focus group using a vision video to validate a scenario of a future software tool, the so-called PrivacyDashboard. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated measures led to an increase in remote working, which also affected us. Therefore, we had to replan and conduct the focus group virtually. We re port about our experiences and recommendations for the use of vision videos in virtual focus groups.