ABSTRACT
Citizen Science is the act of involving citizens in research, whether in order to receive help or to gain new perspectives. At present, only a few research projects involve citizens. However, most research projects are funded by public sources. In this chapter, the authors offer an example of how citizen involvement might unfold within the field of human-robot interaction (HRI) alongside the challenges they see. The authors present their work with care robotics and detail how they included citizens in the ideation phase. They discuss other methods and resources for Citizen Science with the aim of encouraging researchers in the HRI community to work together with the public.
