  The University of Michigan Robotics program focuses on the study of embodied
intelligence that must sense, reason, act, and work with people to improve
quality of life and productivity equitably across society. ROB 204, part of the
core curriculum towards the undergraduate degree in Robotics, introduces
students to topics that enable conceptually designing a robotic system to
address users' needs from a sociotechnical context. Students are introduced to
human-robot interaction (HRI) concepts and the process for socially-engaged
design with a Learn-Reinforce-Integrate approach. In this paper, we discuss the
course topics and our teaching methodology, and provide recommendations for
delivering this material. Overall, students leave the course with a new
understanding and appreciation for how human capabilities can inform
requirements for a robotics system, how humans can interact with a robot, and
how to assess the usability of robotic systems.
