Ruchira 🏳️‍🌈
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Ruchira 🏳️‍🌈
@rayruchira.bsky.social
Applied AI@rStream | CS+Robotics @utaustin.bsky.social
See our paper + website for details:
🌐 arxiv.org/abs/2501.06348
🤔 robin-lab.cs.utexas.edu/why-automate...
This work could not happen without my amazing collaborators Leona Pang, Sanjana Srivastava, @drfeifei.bsky.social, Samantha Shorey and Roberto Martín-Martín
(5/5)
Why Automate This? Exploring the Connection between Time Use, Well-being and Robot Automation Across Social Groups
Understanding the motivations underlying the human inclination to automate tasks is vital to developing truly helpful robots integrated into daily life. Accordingly, we ask: are individuals more incli...
arxiv.org
January 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We open-sourced the data + built an interactive tool for the community to explore trends and guide future robotics research. We hope the community can use it to guide the next tasks to address (4/5)
January 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We also observe trends by income and gender:
👩Women would prioritize automating stressful tasks
👨Men focus on automating tasks they find less enjoyable
💰Mid-income individuals would prioritize automating tasks with low enjoyment and meaning. (3/5)
January 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We cross-analyzed 3 datasets,BEHAVIOR-1K, ATUS, ATUS-WB, to uncover trends:
🕒 Time spent on tasks isn’t the main driver! Feelings like happiness and pain are stronger predictors of automation preferences. (2/5)
January 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hi Kosta👋🏻, could you add me?
November 25, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Hi ☺️👋🏻!
November 22, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Hi! I'm a roboticist too! I work on perception for robotics!
November 22, 2024 at 9:10 PM