Péter Angeli

Week 1

In the first week, we were presented the idea of Socio-Cognitive Engineering. We learned about the foundations of robot-human interaction, what are the possibilities and hardships.

We formed groups together and discussed what kind of prototype are we going to build for the final project, and learned about how to use the XWiki platform. We picked the NAO robot as our tool, but as I have never programmed any robot, I'm really interested in how hard this process going to be.

It was really interesting to see the videos of the kids with diabetes, and how much these robots mean to them. I think it was the perfect "introduction" of why this subject and the whole socio cognitive field of study is so interesting and rewarding.

Week 2

The lecture about brain functionality was really interesting. I have always admired biology, discovering our body, and the fascinating beauty of the human brain. The video about the care facilities' "special rooms" was really interesting. Also it's nice to see that people with dementia have something or do something they really enjoy.

On Tuesday we started with the Foundation part of the XWiki. Lang and I started working on the Operational Demands part. It's really interesting to see that our project starts to have a well-defined specification, and a solid foundation.