<div dir="ltr"><div>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ </div>CONCEPT How is it called? “Talking Robotics”. See more on our website: <a href="https://talking-robotics.github.io/" style="">talking-robotics.github.io</a> What is it? Talking Robotics is a series of talks to reflect, dialogue, and network. We focused on the field of Robotics and its interaction with other relevant fields, such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Design Research, Human-Robot Interaction, among others. Where is it? It is held virtually. Since COVID-19, researchers have been unable to normally attend conferences and network as we used to. This situation is expected to last some time. We created a virtual space where robotics researchers can present their work and engage with the audience to promote collaborations, feedback, and a sense of community. When does it happen? We host virtual sessions bi-weekly, i.e., every other week. We allocate 30min for presentation time and 30min for discussion and networking. Our first session will be on Sept 4, Friday at 9am PDT. Details are below. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ TALKING ROBOTICS #1 SAVE THE DATE September 4, Friday, 9am Pacific Time Zoom link: <a href="https://washington.zoom.us/j/95943842399" style="">https://washington.zoom.us/j/95943842399</a> Meeting ID: 959 4384 2399 *The talk and discussion will be recorded and shared publicly. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ SPEAKER Michael Jae-Yoon Chung is a graduate student at the University of Washington whose research focus is on end-user programming for authoring interactive robot behaviors. TITLE AND ABSTRACT Iterative Repair of Social Robot Programs from Implicit User Feedback via Bayesian Inference Creating natural and autonomous interactions with social robots requires rich, multi-modal sensory input from the user. Writing interactive robot programs that make use of this input can demand tedious and error-prone tuning of program parameters, such as tuning thresholds on noisy sensory streams for detecting whether the robot’s user is engaged or not. This tuning process dealing with low-level streams and parameters makes programming of social robots time-consuming and inaccessible for people who could benefit the most from unique use cases of social robots. To address this challenge, we propose the use of iterative program repair, where programmers create an initial program sketch in our new Social Robot Program Transition Sketch Language (SoRTSketch), a domain-specific language that supports expressing uncertainties related to thresholds in transition functions. The program is then iteratively repaired using Bayesian inference based on corrections of interaction traces that are either provided by the programmer or derived from implicit feedback given by the user during the interaction. Based on experiments with a human simulator and with 10 human users, we demonstrate the ease and effectiveness of this approach in improving social robot programming and program outputs that represent three common human-robot interaction patterns. We also show how our approach helps programs adapt to environment changes over time. 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