Press
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.
- 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 a senior lecturer 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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