Press Coverage
Various newspapers reported about my work. The articles might be available through their websites. In addition, some authors mention my work in their books.
- A Taxonomy Of More Than 4,000 LEGO Figures, Popular Science, May 1st, 2013
- Towards a LEGO Minifigures® taxonomy, Improbably Research, May 1st, 2013
- Robot considered living things, not just mere objects, Radio New Zealand, April 23rd, 2013
- Ready or Not: Here Come Personal Robots, Wired, April 2nd, 2013
- Bir robotu ‘öldürmek’ neden zor? Sol Portal, February 5th, 2013
- 5 Easy Steps to a Total Robot Takeover – Studies show that humans won’t be able to resist. The Phily Post, February 4th, 2013
- Good News: Humans Have Trouble Killing Robots, IEEE Spectrum, January 31st, 2013
- How Do Humans Really Feel About Robots?, Mashable, January 29th, 2013
- Would you kill a robot? Discovery News, January 29th, 2013
- Can Siri Make Up For With Outright Personality What She Lacks In Data?, Forbes, January 28th, 2013
- No Mercy For Robots: Experiment Tests How Humans Relate To Machines, Radio NPR, January 28th, 2013
- Too close for comfort, New Scientist, January 12th, 2013, pp. 35-37
- Earthquake simulator being developed at Canterbury University, Radio New Zealand, January 11th, 2013
- An Entrepreneur Expands The Lego Universe, Radio NPR, November 27, 2012
- Robo-dancers’ moves aid research, The Press, November 8th, 2012, pp. A13
- People see robots as human-like – study, The Press, TVNZ, October 31st, 2012, pp. 8
- Bright future for robots just like us, New Zealand Herald, October 30th, 2012, pp. 8
- Talk to Your Devices in a New Robot Language, Live Science, August 22nd, 2012
- New Human-Robot Language Developed, Close Up – TV One, August 21st, 2012
- Thousands queue to see first Lego show, Nelson Mail, July 16th, 2012, pp. 5
- Crowds flock to show, The Press, July 16th 2012, pp 8
- Visions for Christchurch, Weekend Press, July 14th, 2012, pp 18
- Christ Church Cathedral rebuilt in Lego, July 13th, 2012
- Big line-up for Lego, Taranaki Daily News, 16.7.12., pp 5
- This Week In Bots: The Naked And The Droid, Fast Company, June 29th, 2012
- CTV News, CTV, June 28th, 2012
- Vous oseriez vous déshabiller devant un robot? les inRocks, June 28th, 2012
- People Hesitant To Kill Life-like Robots, May Not Care So Much About Siri, WebProNews, June 27th, 2012
- Human-like robots make people feel “embarrassed”, Bay of Plenty Times, June 27th, 2012
- Research into robots finds humans sheepish, Otago Daily Times, June 27 2012
- Robot reactions studied, Daily Post, June 27th, 2012
- Robots perceived as being ‘somewhat alive’, NewstalkBZ, June 27th, 2012
- ‘Somewhat alive’ robots make humans embarrassed – study, NZ Herald, June 26th, 2012
- Robots, Radio Live, June 26th, 2012
- Robots at home, Radio New Zealand, May 29th, 2012
- New master’s degree HITs the mark, Education Review, April 30th, 2012, pp 20-21
- Keeping track of LEGO figures a daunting task, The Press, May 9th, 2012, pp A7
- Giving a name to a face, Chronicle, March 2012, p. 8
- Roboter Esperanto, c’t, 2/2012, pp 42
- Christchurch HITlab reaches out to robotkind, Computerworld, Feburary 13th, 2012
- Robo-language the future? The Christhuch Mail, February 15th, 2012
- A band of robots tackle the haka, The Press, October 21st, 2011
- For the Love of Lego: The Unofficial LEGO Minifigure Catalog, Wired, August 17, 2011
- Good things come to those who wait, The Economist. October 5th, 2010
- Kuriose Wissenschaft: Reden auf Robosperanto, GEO, 10, 2010, pp. 158
- Researchers Are Developing A Robot Language, National Public Radio, July 16th, 2010
- ROILA, a New Spoken Language Designed for Robots, Popular Science, July 15th, 2010
- Roila: A spoken language for robots, Make, July 14th, 2010
- De kopiën komen, Quest, November 2009, pp. 22-27
- Fantasy LEGO Mindstorms Sensors Made Real, Wired, June 24, 2009
- Pictoplasma : Prepare for Pictopia! Character Design & Animation Festival in Berlin, GoSee, March 10th, 2009
- Treffen der Figuren, Page, February 2009, p. 8
- Interview with Christoph Bartneck “Too real is unreal”, Radio Interview of Hausradio, March 19th, 2009 (German)
- ‘Fearful’ Robot Receives Top Honors, Red Orbit, March 20th, 2008
- HRI2008 Show, The NXT Step, March 15, 2008
- Cowardly ‘Phobot’ Steals Show at Amsterdam Robot Conference, Fox News SciTech, March 15, 2008
- Tostiijzer lacht, stofzuiger huilt, Natuurwetenschap & Techniek, Nr. 2, February 2008, pp. 34-40
- Kill the sweet robot?, Improbable Research News, September 22nd, 2007
- Remke Klapwijk and Victor van Rij (2007) Robotica: welke kansen bieden robots en intelligente apparaten in R.J. Veld & J.H.v.d. Veen (Eds) Ijsberenplaag op de Veluwe, COS, Den Haag, pp 59-90
- Another uncanny valley, New Scientist, March 26, 2007, Technology Blog
- Gedreven door nieuwsgierigheid, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, May 2006, pp. 190-197
- eMuu featured in the national Dutch TV news “Niewslicht” on March 10th, 2006 | Download (MPEG4, 92MB)
- De Robots Komen, Peper, March 23rd, 2006, pp. 14-15
- The Art of Building a Robot to Love, New York Times, March 5th, 2006, pp. 16
- Hoe?Zo! Television appearance of eMuu, broadcasted on January 31st, 2006, Nederland 1 | Download (MPEG4, 48MB)
- The Museum Media Project at the van Abbemuseum featured in the Dutch TV news on January 11th 2005, Brabant News | Watch at YouTube
- Emotional Robots, Radio Noorderlicht, broadcasted on December 20th, 2005, VPRO | Download (MP3, 8.2MB)
- Even a chatbot can turn nasty, New Scientist, October 15th, 2005, pp 26-27
- Laat de robots met rust, Eindhoven Dagblad, May 25th 2005, pp. 29
- Poppetje geeft de chatter een gezicht. Volkskrant, June 26th 2004, pp. M3
- Pratend poppetje moet chatter gezicht geven, Eindhoven Dagblad, June 22nd 2004, pp. 5
- Industrial Design onderzoekt sociale context van avatars, June 2004, Cursor 36, Eindhoven
- Moderne Ingeniurs denken synthetisch, Eindhoven Dagblat, March 24th, 2004, pp. 28
- Gifford, Clive (2003), Robots, Kingfisher Young Knowledge, London, pp. 8
- Robot Chores, Digital Home, Nr.5, October 2003, pp.108-111
- Robot zonder pokerface, Natuurwetenschap & Techniek, Nr. 12, December 2002, pp.72
- Filosofische Robotgesprekken, Groovy, Nr.15, November 2002, pp. 99
- Machines met gevoel (05/2002), Eindhoven Dagblad, May 5th, 2002, pp. 25
- Conferentie UI2001: Design for experience, Nat.Lab. Journal, 12(22), pp. 1, November 2001
- Een robot voor elk (10/2001), Leeuwarder Courant, October 20th, 2001, pp. 11
- Eerste uitzending internetradio vanaf Virus, Virus Cursor 33, May 2001, Eindhoven
- DJs wanted for TU/e Radio Station, Cursor 33, May 2001, Eindhoven
- Marvin the Remote Control Lego Robot, Net.Congestion – International Festival of Streaming Media, October 2000, Amsterdam
- Gladiatorengevecht met gekraakte legostenen, Cursor 37, June 2000, Eindhoven
- Goudvissen houden via internet, Cursor 30, April 2000, Eindhoven
Short Biographie
Dr. Christoph Bartneck is an associate professor and director of postgraduate studies at the HIT Lab NZ of the University of Canterbury. He has a background in Industrial Design and Human-Computer Interaction, and his projects and studies have been published in leading journals, newspapers, and conferences. His interests lie in the fields of Social Robotics, Design Science, and Multimedia Applications. He has worked for several international organizations including the Technology Centre of Hannover (Germany), LEGO (Denmark), Eagle River Interactive (USA), Philips Research (Netherlands), ATR (Japan), Nara Institute of Science and Technology (Japan), and The Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands). Christoph is a member of the New Zealand Institute for Language Brain & Behavior, the IFIP Work Group 14.2 and ACM SIGCHI.
Christoph Bartneck has an outstanding publication record, including leading journals and conferences. Christoph is serving as an associate editor for the International Journal of Social Robotics and the International Journal of Human Computer Studies. Furthermore, he is the editor in chief of the Entertainment Robotics section of the Entertainment Computing journal. He has been a member of the program committee of the Human-Robot Interaction conference for several years. He organized several workshops at the CHI conference and is frequently invited as a speaker for symposia and conferences. He has been invited to present his work by Carnegie Mellon University, the Future University Hakodate, the University of Venice, the Stedelijk Museum and the Pictopia Festival. The press regularly reports on his work, including the New York Times, New Scientist, Natuurwetenschap & Techniek, Volkskrant and Dutch national television and radio stations.
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About Me
I am an Associate Professor (Reader) at the HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury.