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Key elements of a dream method - takes from interviewing 3 European youth organizations

17.9.2025

Youth societal participation within Europe burns with a low flame as traditional societal participation, voting and political parties fail to attract youth, yet the future of democracy depends on today’s youth. Youth organizations and schools play key role in transforming youth societal participation. A Human-Technology Interaction student interviewed three European youth organizations involved in GameIN project for a master’s thesis: A dream method for a youth organization to promote youth societal participation. He identified the common flaws and concerns with gamified methods: costs and limited workforce, usability, adaptability, concerns on gamification, and learnability.

10.9.2025

Welcome to the Robo-Zoo!

So… we opened a zoo at Robostudio. Don’t worry, there are no fences, no hay, and definitely no angry or stinky animals chasing you down the hallway. This one is much calmer, softer, and completely robotic. We call it the Robo-Zoo, and it’s home to a small (and still growing) group of soft robotic creatures: a seal, two cats, a little bird, and, my personal favorite, a guinea pig-like blob that we simply call Blob.

29.8.2025

Driving Forklifts in a Virtual Warehouse (With Robot Co-Workers)

Before the holidays kicked off, we packed our laptops, energy, and a whole lot of curiosity, and headed to Tampere Vocational College TREDU to run a Mixed Fleet project study with their logistics students. This wasn’t your regular classroom day. We brought with us a warehouse simulation we had designed and developed in Unity (yes, all the interaction magic was coded in C#). In the simulation, the students jumped into the role of forklift drivers and got to complete tasks while sharing the same environment with an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV).

7.8.2025

Robotour for Seniors - article published

In MediaRoboLit 65+ project, funded by Research Council of Finland, we recently got our first joint article published. It is a cool and relevant article, because all research partners contributed on it: Tampere University, University of Jyväskylä and University of Lapland.

19.6.2025

Finland, the well known powerhouse in machine learning research

Lately, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know several top machine learning researchers as they’ve applied for ELLIS professorships at Finnish universities, including here in Tampere.

13.6.2025

Robokävelyä suvituulessa

Meillä oli iso ilo lähteä Robokävelylle jälleen kerran. Pysyy tutkijoidenkin kunto yllä, kun on tällainen robottikoira hankittuna yliopistolle, ja saa oikein työaikana käydä kävelyttämässä sitä. Tällä kertaa koiramme kävelytti myös Viola-kodin ihmisiä osana MediaRoboLit65+ hankkeen tutkimusta!

2.6.2025

Keväinen Robokävely Kuuselakeskuksessa / Springtime Robowalk at Kuuselakeskus

Kuten Spotkin tietää, liikkuminen tekee hyvää kaikille! Robokiertueen (Robotour for Seniors) jatkuessa meillä oli ilo suunnitella robottiaiheista kävelytoimintaa yhdessä Kuuselakeskuksen kekseliäiden ikäihmisten kanssa muutama viikko sitten tapahtuneessa työpajassa. Veimme työpajaan ainoastaan alustavan ideamme, että voisimme kävellä ulkona robotin kanssa, ja kävelyn sisältö muotoutui kuuselalaisten ideoiden pohjalta. Kävimme pari viikkoa sitten Kuuselassa tekemässä Robokävelyn, ja se sujui oikein miellyttävissä tunnelmissa. Scroll down to read the post in English.