Immer weniger Bewerber wegen KI – So steuert Stuttgarter Hochschule gegen In: Stuttgarter Zeitung, newspaper article mentioning android Andrea and showing robot head KIM :), Stuttgart, 6.11.2025 Official Website
Humanoide und androide Roboter in Deutschland und Japan - Aus der Forschung in den praktischen Einsatz In: RoboLab der Stadtbibkiothek Stuttgart, Präsentation der Roboter Andrea und Kim & Vortrag, Stuttgart, 11.10.2025 Official Website - Vortragsfolien
Roboter-Kim und Vogelschützer-Drohnen – so grün kann Künstliche Intelligenz sein In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten, newspaper article mentioning robot head KIM, Stuttgart, 23.09.2025 Official Website
Pilot project: man and machine in conversation In: Stadt Stuttgart, online press release, Stuttgart, 26.05.2025 Official Website
Androide Roboter - Technik und Einsatzmöglichkeiten In: AI and Robotics: Future Skills in der Praxis, Hochschule der Medien, 16.12.2024 Official Website
Androide Roboter - Technik und Einsatzmöglichkeiten In: KI-Herbst Expert Talk, Zentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz, Prof. D. Reichardt & Prof. H. Mandel, DHBW Stuttgart, 05.12.2024 Official Website
Emotion simulation and expression in Human-Android interaction in Germany In: Designing Humanoids - How much should we learn from humans?, Workshop in conj. with the Humanoids conference, Nancy, 22.11.2024 Official Website
Interactions with an android robot in a public museum in Germany In: Human-Robot-Avatar Interaction and Collaboration: Enhancing robot’s and avatar’s active social capabilities, Workshop in conj. with the Humanoids conference, Nancy, 22.11.2024 Official Website
Menschenähnliche, sozial-kompetente Roboter In: "Ich habe eine Vision", Wissenschaftsfestival der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Rathaus, 15.10.2024 youtube video
Reporting on an interactive, public installation of Android Andrea In: ISRE 2024 conference, Belfast, 17.07.2024 - 20.07.2024 (poster presentation) Official Website
Emotion Simulation and Android Andrea in the wild In: HRI lab, Takayuki Kanda, Kyoto University, 21.06.2024 Official Website
I am a scientist In: KI kreativ, Wissenschaft im Dialog gGmbH, Online Chat sessions mit Schülerinnen und Schülern, 20.06.2024 Official Website
Emotion Simulation and Android Andrea in the wild In: Kyoto Prefectural Rakuhoku Highschool, Kyoto, Japan, 26.06.2024 Official Website
Roboter und Emotionen In: Ideepolis 2024, META 2023/24, Hochschule der Medien, 19.06.2024 Official Website
Emotion Simulation and Android Andrea in the wild In: AIST, Tokyo Waterfront, 17.06.2024 Official Website
Talk about WASABI and Android Science In: "Equmenopolis" stratup, Waseda University, Entrepreneurship Center, Tokyo, 22.05.2024 Official Website
Panelist: panel discussion on international sciencepreneurship In: SPICE - Special Edition Japan, Tokyo Innovation Base, 20.05.2024 Official Website
ChatGPT mit Haut und Haaren In: AI meets Wine, Hochschule der Medien, 29.02.2024
Wir sprechen mit einem KI-Roboter In: Interview mit Andrea, Marcel Heisler und mir für SWR1 Radio, 27.01.2024 Facebook video
Robotik-Experte bei der Diskussionsrunde zum Film "Ich bin Dein Mensch" In: Filmabend im Stadtteilhaus Neugereut, moderiert von Bezirksvorsteher Ralf Bohlmann, 13.10.2023 Official Website
Vortrag zu Japanaufenthalten mit Förderung der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, des DAAD und der JSPS In: JSPS-Abend 2023 mit Feier des 50-jährigen Jubiläums der Zusammenarbeit der JSPS mit der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung und dem DAAD, 29.08.2023 Official Website
GA #1157 Prof. Dr. Christian Becker-Asano In: GENIUS ALLIANCE - KÜNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ & DIGITALISIERUNG podcast, Norman Müller, 24.08.2023 Official Website
CHAT GPT MIT „HAUT UND HAAR“ In: Media Tasting 2023 by Apfel Programm Marketing, Im Wizemann, Stuttgart, 22.06.2023 Official Website
Menschenähnlich, aber geschlechtsneutral In: Robotik und Produktion, Frauke Itzerott, 29.03.2023 Official Website
Androide Andrea bezirzt die ganze Hochschule In: Zeitungsartikel in den Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Inge Jacobs,08.12.2022 Official Website
Künstliche Intelligenz - Stuttgarter Forscher testen Roboter "Andrea" In: SWR Aktuell Radio, Stefan Eich im Gespräch mit Christian Becker-Asano, 7.12.2022 Official Website
Der androide Roboter ist da In: Robotik in der Industrie, Podcast, Robert Weber, October 2022 Official Website
AI and Us – what artificial intelligence means for our lives In: ten-part podcast, Alexander von Humboldt foundation, March 2022 Official Website
KI und Wir - Was künstliche Intelligenz für unser Leben bedeutet In: Zehnteilige Podcast-Reihe, Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Januar 2022 Official Website - Podcast
Social Robots as Social Agents In: ComLab#4: Smart New Worlds – How AI, Robotics and Digitalisation Transform Our Lives, Alexander von Humboldt foundation workshop series, November 2021 Official Website
AI & Gaming - from research to application In: AI & Gaming, Entrepreneurship Series, Cyber Valley virtual event, September 2021 Official Website
KI und Elon Musks humanoider Roboter In: Folge 112, Audio podcast: KI in der Industrie 4.0, September 2021 Official Website
Digitale Kompetenzen in der Pflege In: "Pädagogische Fachtagung – Pflegepädagogik im Dialog", Irmgard-Bosch-Bildungszentrum, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany, June 2021 Official Website
Artificial Intelligence applied to socially interactive systems – from virtual to robotic humans. In: "Beyond human capabilities: How do Cybernics and AI will change human physical limits", The 3rd symposium on Ph. D program in Humanics, University of Tsukuba, Japan, December 2020 Official Website
Vorstellung Prof. Dr. Christian Becker-Asano In: "HORADS 88,6 Uni-Radio der HdM", Audio podcast der Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart, June 2020 (German) Part 1 - Part 2
Vorausgeblickt - Was wäre, wenn Roboter für uns in die Hochschule gehen würden? In: "Freie Digitale", Audio podcast der Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart, May 2020 Official Website
AI und Logistik In: "DISRUPT NOW! AI for Hamburg", Hammerbrooklyn.Box, Hamburg, November 2019 Official Website and in the news
KI in der mobilen Robotik für die Industrie 4.0 In: VDI-Konferenz “Künstliche Intelligenz”, Berlin, October 2019 Official Website
Über den Einsatz von KI in der mobilen Robotik bei Bosch In: Folge 4 “Der KI Werkzeugkasten”, Audio podcast: KI in der Industrie 4.0, March 2019 Official Website
ActiveShuttle als Helfer in der Industrie 4.0 In: VDI-Event “Robotik für die Smart Factory”, Kongresszentrum Baden-Baden, December 2018
KI im Einsatz bei autonomen Robotern in der Industrie 4.0 In: Tagung Autorecht 2018, University of Bielefeld, September 2018 Official Website
Emotionssimulation für virtuelle und robotische Agenten In: Science Cinema, commenting on “Inside Out”, University of Bielefeld & Filmkunsttheater Bielefeld, August 2017
Kollege Roboter In: Human Ressources Magazin, Ausgabe 01/2016, "Arbeit 4.0", Januar 2016 Online article
Humanoid Robots in Germany and Japan: the Future of Consumer Electronics? In: "Asa no Kai" Japanese-German breakfast meeting, Deutsch-Japanischer Wirtschaftskreis (DJW), Grandhotel Hessischer Hof, Frankfurt am Main, November 2016. Official Website (invited talk)
Emotionssimulation für virtuelle und robotische Agenten In: Science Cinema, "Inside Out",University of Bielefeld & Filmkunsttheater Bielefeld, October 2015. Official Website (invited talk)
Friends by Design: Androids and humanoids In: Workshop "Active Friends and Friendly Actions", University of Hamburg, February 2014. (invited talk)
Computational emotions for social agents In: Workshop "AI, logic, and epistemic planning", Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2013. Official Website (invited talk)
Emotionssimulation mit WASABI für virtuelle und robotische Agenten In: Institutskolloquium, Institut für Psychologie, Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität, Greifswald, Germany, June 2013. (invited talk)
Emotions in Android Science and Social Robotics: Why and how? In: Workshop "Applications for Emotional Robots", in conj. with HRI2013, Tokyo, Japan, March 2013. Official Website (invited talk)
Emotionsmodellierung und androide Roboter In: Workshop "Towards a Smart Virtual Worker", "Virtual Humans" research group, TU Chemnitz, Germany, February 2013. Official Website (invited talk)
To help or not to help: On strategic behavior in virtual emergencies In: SFB/TR8 Colloquia, SFB/TR 8, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany, November 2012. (invited talk)
Android robots and feelings In: Robotik und Gesetzgebung, ZiF Bielefeld, Germany, May 2012. Official Website (invited talk)
Social Robotics In: Interdisciplinary College 2012 , Heinrich-Luebke-Haus, Günne am Möhnesee, Germany, March 2012. slides (pdf) (special lecture)
Computational modeling of emotions In: Semantics and Syntax: A Legacy of Alan Turing, Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series, Cambridge, UK, March 2012. Official Website (with slides (pdf) and video recording of my invited talk)
Computing affect with WASABI, sensing affect for android robots, and eliciting affect in virtual emergencies In: LIMSI-CNRS, University of Paris Sud, France, November 2011. Official Website (invited talk)
To help or not to help: On strategic behavior in virtual emergencies In: Sociable Agents Group, University of Bielefeld, Germany, August 2011. Official Website (invited talk)
Affective Computing and Android Science in Japan In: Cognition & Interaction Lab, University of Skövde, Sweden, March 2011. Official Website (invited talk)
Affective Computing with and for virtual agents and android robots In: Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland, December 2010. Official Website (invited talk)
Facial animation for virtual and robotic agents In: 13th European Conference on Facial Expression, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, July 2010. (invited talk)
Affective Computing In: Interdisciplinary College 2010 , Heinrich-Luebke-Haus, Günne am Möhnesee, Germany, March 2010. Official Website (special lecture)
Socially interactive humanoids and androids In: Kolloquium, TU Munich, Faculty of Informatics, Munich, Germany, February 2010. Official Website (invited talk)
Socially interactive humanoids and androids In: Kolloquium, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Faculty of Engineering, Freiburg, Germany, February 2010. Official Website (invited talk)
Laughter in social robotics with humanoids and androids In: SFB-Kolloquium (SFB/TR 62), Ulm University, Ulm, Germany, August 2009. Official Website - Slides (pdf) (invited talk)
Wo Wissenschaft & Fiktion sich treffen: Über Forschung mit humanoiden Robotern im Land der aufgehenden Sonne In: Studien- und Berufsorientierung an den Friedrich-von Bodelschwingh-Schulen in Bethel, Gymnasium Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany, August 2009. Official Website - Slides (pdf) (talk & lecture)
Laughter in Interaction with Humanoids and Androids In: CoR-Lab seminar, Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics - CoR-Lab, Bielefeld, Germany, March 2009. Official Website (invited talk)
Emotions & Laughter for Robots and Androids In: JSPS's Science Dialogue Program, Kakogawa Higashi High School, Hyogo prefecture, Japan, January 2009. Official Website - Slides (pdf) (talk & lecture)
Simulating affective processes for autonomous agents: the WASABI architecture In: Cognitive Neuropsychiatry and Affective Neuroscience seminar, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan, January 2009. Official Website - Slides (pdf) (invited talk)
Emotion Simulation for a Virtual Human: Implementing the "As-If" Body-Loop in a Cognitive Architecture In: Seminar on Virtual Agents, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan, April 2007. Official Website - Slides (pdf) (invited talk)
Emotion modeling for social robots In: How to build Social Robots, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld, Germany, November 2006. Official Website - Slides (pdf) (lecture)