Personal vid Högskolan
Martin Cooney
Senior Lecturer
( School of Information Technology )
Working with
MC's interest is recognition and behavior strategies for social robots intended to support well-being in interacting persons, which has resulted in writing about 40 papers on social robots, emotions and creativity, building about 20 robot prototypes, disseminating ideas in about 20 media articles, and receiving 10 awards in competitions.
Titles: Excellent Teacher, Docent (Associate Professor).
Assignments:
Programme Director for the Master's Programme in Information Technology (TAITE) and the Master's Programme in Embedded and Intelligent Systems (TAEIS) & Responsible examiner for the Design of Embedded and Intelligent Systems; Developer of Robots and AI for Teaching at our Pedagogical Center; Local Coordinator for the EU Remind Project at Halmstad University; Visiting Associate Professor at Nara Women’s University, Japan, and a Collaborative Researcher at Deep Interaction Laboratory Group (DIL), Interaction Science Lab (ISL), Agent Interaction Department (ID), Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), in Kyoto, Japan (Recently also head of KKS RELIFE and Visiting Researcher in Norway, Spain, and Italy (2017, 2018, 2020))
Knowledge and Skills:
Social Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Interaction Design, Intelligent Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision (Robot Vision, Thermal), Social Touch, Haptics, Affective Robotics (Emotions), Computational Creativity, Robot Art, Education Robotics (Edtech), Healthcare Robotics, Socially Assistive Robotics, Entertainment Robotics, Robot Ethics (Bias, Trust, Security, Sustainability), Robot Prototyping (Hardware and Electronics), Robot Software (e.g., Robot Operating System), Robot Recognition, Robot Behavior Generation, User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Mechatronics, Embedded Systems, Deep Learning
Some Recent Teaching:
Design of Embedded and Intelligent Systems, User Experience Design for AI, Fundamentals of Computer Vision with Deep Learning, Design for Extended Realities
Latest publications
Artikel i tidskrift
Article in journal
Special issue on social interaction with more than one robot
(2024) PublishedA Broad View on Robot Self-Defense : Rapid Scoping Review and Cultural Comparison
(2023) PublishedSmaller is smarter : A case for small to medium-sized smart cities
(2022) PublishedAI Perspectives in Smart Cities and Communities to Enable Road Vehicle Automation and Smart Traffic Control
(2021) Published“Vehicular Steganography”? : Opportunities and Challenges
(2021) PublishedRobot Art, in the Eye of the Beholder? : Personalized Metaphors Facilitate Communication of Emotions and Creativity
(2021) PublishedSpecial issue on robot and human interactive communication 2021 (Part II)
(2021) PublishedSpecial Issue on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2021 (Part I)
(2021) PublishedUsing the Engagement Profile to Design an Engaging Robotic Teaching Assistant for Students
(2019) PublishedDesign for an Art Therapy Robot : An Explorative Review of the Theoretical Foundations for Engaging in Emotional and Creative Painting with a Robot
(2018) PublishedAvoiding Playfulness Gone Wrong: Exploring Multi-objective Reaching Motion Generation in a Social Robot
(2017) PublishedPastVision+ : Thermovisual Inference of Recent Medicine Intake by Detecting Heated Objects and Cooled Lips
(2017) PublishedImportance of Touch for Conveying Affection in a Multimodal Interaction with a Small Humanoid Robot
(2015) PublishedDesigning Enjoyable Motion-Based Play Interactions with a Small Humanoid Robot
(2014) PublishedAffectionate Interaction with a Small Humanoid Robot Capable of Recognizing Social Touch Behavior
(2014) PublishedDesigning Robots for Well-being : Theoretical Background and Visual Scenes of Affectionate Play with a Small Humanoid Robot
(2014) Published
Konferensbidrag
Conference paper
Navigating the Current “New World” of Teaching with Technology : A Glimpse into Our Teachers’ Minds
(2023)Trust in Robot Self-Defense : People Would Prefer a Competent, Tele-Operated Robot That Tries to Help∗
(2023)The “New World” of Teaching—Thoughts from our Teachers in the "Front Lines"
(2022)“Robot Steganography” : Opportunities and Challenges
(2022)Robot Self-defense : Robots Can Use Force on Human Attackers to Defend Victims
(2022)Magic in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
(2022)Robot Self-defense : Robot, Don't Hurt Me, No More
(2022)Lonely road : speculative challenges for a social media robot aimed to reduce driver loneliness
(2021)The integration of UAVs to the C-ITS Stack
(2021)The CAR Approach : Creative Applied Research Experiences for Master’s Students in Autonomous Platooning
(2021)Robot First Aid : Autonomous Vehicles Could Help in Emergencies
(2021)Exercising with an “Iron Man” : Design for a Robot Exercise Coach for Persons with Dementia
(2020)Avoiding Improper Treatment of Persons with Dementia by Care Robots
(2019)Designing a Robot Which Paints With a Human : Visual Metaphors to Convey Contingency and Artistry
(2019)Pitfalls of Affective Computing : How can the automatic visual communication of emotions lead to harm, and what can be done to mitigate such risks?
(2018)Teaching Robotics with Robot Operating System (ROS) : A Behavior Model Perspective
(2018)PastVision: Exploring “Seeing” into the Near Past with Thermal Touch Sensing and Object Detection – For Robot Monitoring of Medicine Intake by Dementia Patients
(2017)A Holistic Smart Home Demonstrator for Anomaly Detection and Response
(2015)Impressions of Size-Changing in a Companion Robot
(2015)
Kapitel i bok, del av antologi
Chapter in book
Playful AI Prototypes to Support Creativity and Emotions in Learning
(2022)
