Social Robotics Girl Becomes a Social Robot

The proposal for the workshop „Social Robotics Girl Becomes a Social Robot“ was accepted at ICSR 2025. The workshop will be led by Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel (FHNW School of Business) and Prof. Dr. John-John Cabibihan (Qatar University), with support from Tamara Siegmann (FHNW School of Business) and Leo Angelo Cabibihan (Roboticscool, Qatar). Social Robotics Girl is a chatbot – a so-called custom GPT – used in social robotics courses by Oliver Bendel, e.g., in the „Soziale Roboter“ elective module at the FHNW School of Business. It was supplemented with manuscripts on social robotics with the help of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). It is available via chatgpt.com/g/g-TbhZSZaer-social-robotics-girl … The hands-on workshop explores how to extend Social Robotics Girl beyond a digital assistant into a physical, embodied social robot. By integrating the GPT into a simple humanoid robotic structure, such as a robotic head or bust, participants will examine how embodiment (in the specific and general sense) can influence functionality, user interaction, and perceived social presence. Further information will soon be available on the ICSR website.

Fig.: Social Robotics Girl gets out of the cell phone