{"id":12839,"date":"2026-01-02T13:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=12839"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:15:13","slug":"human-robot-interaction-as-distributed-cognition-joint-action-embodiment-and-situated-interaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/human-robot-interaction-as-distributed-cognition-joint-action-embodiment-and-situated-interaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Human-Robot Interaction as Distributed Cognition: Joint Action, Embodiment, and Situated Interaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bilge Mutlu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date\/Time: <\/strong>Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 11:00 am<\/p>\n<p><strong>Place: <\/strong>Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Abstract:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Human-robot interaction is often framed in terms of interfaces, autonomy, or task performance. In this talk, I argue that HRI is more productively understood as the study of distributed cognitive systems where cognition emerges across humans, machines, and environments over time. I present three cognitive principles that shape interaction with artificial agents: joint action as a coupled dynamical process, embodiment as priors for inference, and cognition as situated in the physical environment. Drawing on examples from collaborative, embodied, and assistive robotics, I show how these principles jointly explain when interaction succeeds and where it breaks down. I conclude by arguing that assistive human-robot interaction serves as a critical stress test for cognitive theories of interaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Bio:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bilge Mutlu is the Sheldon B. &#038; Marianne S. Lubar Professor at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison, with appointments in Computer Sciences, Psychology, and Industrial &#038; Systems Engineering. He directs the People &#038; Robots Laboratory and is the founding director of the Institute for Design &#038; Embodied AI (IDEA), a campus-wide initiative focused on human-centered robotics and embodied AI. His research develops principles and methods for designing robotic and AI systems that integrate effectively into everyday environments. Dr. Mutlu teaches courses in human-computer interaction, interaction design, and user experience (UX) design. He directs the NSF-funded INTEGRATE Graduate Research Traineeship on robotics and the future of work and has held leadership roles in the ACM\/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction community and the Human-Computer Interaction Consortium. He received his PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bilge Mutlu University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison Date\/Time: Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 11:00 am Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) \u00a0 Abstract: Human-robot interaction is often framed in terms of interfaces, autonomy, or task performance. In this talk, I argue that HRI is more productively understood as the study of distributed cognitive systems where\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[746],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seminars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12840,"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12839\/revisions\/12840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umram.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}