Schlagwort: Robotic Hand

The elective module „Soziale Roboter aus technischer, wirtschaftlicher und ethischer Sicht“ („Social robots from a technical, economic, and ethical perspective“) by Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel will be held again from February 12 to 14, 2026 at the FHNW in Brugg-Windisch. It is primarily aimed at aspiring business economists, but prospective information systems specialists can also take part. Dr. Amol Deshmukh has been invited again as a guest speaker. He will give a talk entitled „Improving Hand Hygiene in Schools with Socially Assistive Robots“. From his bio: „Dr Amol Deshmukh is a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ETH Zurich, where his work sits at the intersection of social robotics, AI, and human behaviour. A pioneer in adapting human-robot interaction for global and low-resource contexts, his research has received international media coverage for its focus on real-world societal impact.“ In this talk, he will discuss his work leveraging social robots to promote hand hygiene in schools, examining the cultural and socio-economic implications of deploying such technology. Unitree Go2, Alpha Mini, Cozmo, Vector, AIBI, Furby, Booboo, and Hugvie from Oliver Bendel’s private Social Robots Lab will also be on site. At the end of the elective module, students design social robots – also with the help of generative AI – that they find useful, meaningful, or simply attractive. The elective modules have been offered since 2021 and are very popular.

Fig.: Dr. Amol Deshmukh during a talk