Synchronous Body Movements in Human-Robot Interaction

Mimicking gestures, postures and facial expressions during a conversation causes our human interaction partner to think more positively of us. Does the same apply to human-robot interactions? This thesis aims to explore the effect the movement style of a robot arm has on the interaction with a human.

Tasks

• Literature review on synchrony in interactions and trust in human-robot interaction
• Implementation of movement routines with a kinova robot arm
• Conduct a user study
• Statistical evaluation of results
• Write a thesis and present your findings in the Disputationsseminar

Your profile

• Very good programming skills
• Preferably prior experience with Python and ROS
• Interest in human-robot interaction
• Independent working style