A utility belt for an agricultural robot: reflection-in-action for applied design research
CoRR(2023)
Abstract
Clothing for robots can help expand a robot's functionality and also clarify
the robot's purpose to bystanders. In studying how to design clothing for
robots, we can shed light on the functional role of aesthetics in interactive
system design. We present a case study of designing a utility belt for an
agricultural robot. We use reflection-in-action to consider the ways that
observation, in situ making, and documentation serve to illuminate how
pragmatic, aesthetic, and intellectual inquiry are layered in this applied
design research project. Themes explored in this pictorial include 1)
contextual discovery of materials, tools, and practices, 2) design space
exploration of materials in context, 3) improvising spaces for making, and 4)
social processes in design. These themes emerged from the qualitative coding of
25 reflection-in-action videos from the researcher. We conclude with feedback
on the utility belt prototypes for an agriculture robot and our learnings about
context, materials, and people needed to design successful novel clothing forms
for robots.
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