TRR 318 - Project B05: Co-constructing explainability with an interactively learning robot

Overview

In close collaboration with Project Ö, Project B05 tackles the question of how explainability can be achieved through co-construction within learning task rather than an explicit explanation. More specifically, it investigates how explainees’ mental model about a learning robot is influenced by their gender, age, and workshops (from Project Ö that inform about AI in general and co-constructive AI in specific). This project’s theoretical contribution lies in the investigation of co-construction and its effect in a practice different from exlpanatory dialog and generates insights into the social con- textualization of explainability.

Key Facts

Project type:
Forschung
Project duration:
07/2021 - 12/2025

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Principal Investigators

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Externe Projektleitung

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Ann-Lisa Vollmer

Universität Bielefeld

Cooperating Institutions

Universität Bielefeld

Cooperating Institution

Publications

Practices: How to establish an explaining practice
K.J. Rohlfing, A.-L. Vollmer, A. Grimminger, in: K. Rohlfing, K. Främling, K. Thommes, S. Alpsancar, B.Y. Lim (Eds.), Social Explainable AI, Springer, 2026.
Components of an explanation for co-constructive sXAI
A.-L. Vollmer, H.M. Buhl, R. Alami, K. Främling, A. Grimminger, M. Booshehri, A.-C. Ngonga Ngomo, in: K.J. Rohlfing, K. Främling, B. Lim, S. Alpsancar, K. Thommes (Eds.), Social Explainable AI, Springer, 2026, pp. 39–53.
The power of combined modalities in interactive robot learning
H. Beierling, R. Beierling, A.-L. Vollmer, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 12 (2025).
Human-Interactive Robot Learning: Definition, Challenges, and Recommendations
K. Baraka, I. Idrees, T.K. Faulkner, E. Biyik, S. Booth, M. Chetouani, D.H. Grollman, A. Saran, E. Senft, S. Tulli, A.-L. Vollmer, A. Andriella, H. Beierling, T. Horter, J. Kober, I. Sheidlower, M.E. Taylor, S. van Waveren, X. Xiao, Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (n.d.).
Forms of Understanding for XAI-Explanations
H. Buschmeier, H.M. Buhl, F. Kern, A. Grimminger, H. Beierling, J.B. Fisher, A. Groß, I. Horwath, N. Klowait, S.T. Lazarov, M. Lenke, V. Lohmer, K. Rohlfing, I. Scharlau, A. Singh, L. Terfloth, A.-L. Vollmer, Y. Wang, A. Wilmes, B. Wrede, Cognitive Systems Research 94 (2025).
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