Tootfinder

In-person, Online and Back Again -- A Tale of Three Hybrid Hackathons
Abasi-amefon Obot Affia-Jomants, Alexander Serebrenik, James D. Herbsleb, Alexander Nolte
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07301

In-person, Online and Back Again -- A Tale of Three Hybrid Hackathons
Hybrid hackathons, which combine in-person and online participation, present unique challenges for organizers and participants. Although such events are increasingly conducted, research on them remains fragmented, with limited integration between hackathon studies and hybrid collaboration. Existing strategies for in-person or online-only events often fail to address the unique challenges of hybrid formats, such as managing communication across physical and virtual spaces. Our work addresses thi…

Bot App\'etit! Exploring how Robot Morphology Shapes Perceived Affordances via a Mise en Place Scenario in a VR Kitchen
Rachel Ringe, Leandra Thiele, Mihai Pomarlan, Nima Zargham, Robin Nolte, Lars Hurrelbrink, Rainer Malaka
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19082

Bot Appétit! Exploring how Robot Morphology Shapes Perceived Affordances via a Mise en Place Scenario in a VR Kitchen
This study explores which factors of the visual design of a robot may influence how humans would place it in a collaborative cooking scenario and how these features may influence task delegation. Human participants were placed in a Virtual Reality (VR) environment and asked to set up a kitchen for cooking alongside a robot companion while considering the robot's morphology. We collected multimodal data for the arrangements created by the participants, transcripts of their think-aloud as they we…