Abstract
Robots are being designed to help people in an increasing variety of settings--but seemingly little attention has been given so far to the specific needs of women, who represent roughly half of the world's population but are highly underrepresented in robotics. Here we used a speculative prototyping approach to explore this expansive design space: First, we identified some potential challenges of interest, including crimes and illnesses that disproportionately affect women, as well as potential opportunities for designers, which were visualized in five sketches. Then, one of the sketched scenarios was further explored by developing a prototype, of a robotic helper drone equipped with computer vision to detect hidden cameras that could be used to spy on women. While object detection introduced some errors, hidden cameras were identified with a reasonable accuracy of 80\% (Intersection over Union (IoU) score: 0.40). Our aim is that the identified challenges and opportunities could help spark discussion and inspire designers, toward realizing a safer, more inclusive future through responsible use of technology.
Abstract (translated)
机器人在各种场景中帮助人的设计越来越普遍，但似乎迄今为止对女性具体需求的研究还很少。在这里，我们使用了一种speculative prototyping方法来探索这个广阔的设计空间：首先，我们识别出一些感兴趣的潜在挑战，包括对女性影响最大的犯罪和疾病，以及设计师可以关注到的潜在机会，这些机会在五个草图中被呈现出来。然后，针对其中一个草图场景，通过开发一个配备了计算机视觉的机器人助手无人机原型，进一步研究了如何利用摄像机进行窥探的问题。虽然物体检测引入了一些误差，但隐蔽摄像头的识别准确率相当高（交集 over 联合（IoU）得分：0.40）。我们的目标是，识别出的挑战和机会可以激发讨论，激发设计师们，从而通过负责任地使用科技，实现一个更安全、更包容的未来。
URL
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04123
