Join us at FRAIM for the prototyping workshop led by Markus Rittenbruch. This hands-on workshop introduces a prototyping framework designed to support practitioners in exploring various aspects of designing collaborative robotic systems in the workplace. The framework uses a pattern language approach, offering design patterns at multiple levels of granularity. Participants will engage with card sorting and a design canvas to support ideation, critique, and feedback. While the framework is currently tailored to robotically assisted surgery, the workshop invites participants to adapt it to other use cases and scenarios relevant to their own work.
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Contact us and sign up!About Dr Markus Rittenbruch
Dr Markus Rittenbruch is a full Professor in Interaction Design and Academic Lead for Research at the School of Design, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. He is a Chief Investigator and Program Co-Lead for Human-Robot Interaction at the Australian Cobotics Centre, and a Design Expert at the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub.
With over 30 years of professional experience, Markus has worked across Interaction Design, User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). He has held research positions at leading institutions in Germany and Australia, including the University of Bonn, the University of Queensland (UQ) the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID), NICTA, Australia’s National ICT Research Centre (now CSIRO/Data61), and QUT, where he has worked since 2010.
Markus is passionate about the role of design in shaping emerging technologies and fostering meaningful human-technology relationships. He is particularly drawn to research that involves end-users in the development of new systems and explores how design can support collaboration, participation, and new ways of interacting with robots. His work is driven by a commitment to interdisciplinary inquiry and the belief that design has a critical role to play in addressing complex technological and societal challenges.