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Catalog Description
Introduction to designing, prototyping, and evaluating robotic and interactive physical systems using human-centered design, sensors, actuators, microcontrollers, and 3D fabricated components. Build and test responsive prototypes while considering usability, accessibility, safety, ergonomics, and context of use.
Instructor Description
Human-Centered Robotics Prototyping is a studio-based introduction to robotic and interactive physical systems for students in user experience design, HCI, and emerging technology. Students learn how robotic systems sense, move, respond, and fail in real human contexts. The course pairs foundational technical concepts, including sensors, actuators, microcontrollers, simple mechanisms, feedback loops, and 3D fabricated components, with human factors concerns such as usability, accessibility, ergonomics, safety, trust, and context of use. Through short build exercises, critique, testing, and a final project, students move from rough experiments to working prototypes that demonstrate a human-centered robotic interaction. The course emphasizes iteration, design judgment, and technical tradeoffs rather than advanced engineering theory, making robotics approachable for students who want to prototype embodied technology.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing.
Restrictions
Enrollment in Information Studies (INF) courses is restricted to graduate students in the School of Information through registration periods 1 and 2, with outside students only being accepted during period 3.