Msc. Project (30HP): Assessing the impact of expectation violations on human-robot collaboration
Humans form expectations from robot’s capabilities and behaviour based on many factors, including media, previous exposure, and past and current interaction. When these expectations are not met, the potential for collaboration between human and robots is impacted negatively. This can happen for social expectations, i.e. what we expect the robot to be able to do socially (talking english, recognizing emotions, etc), and functional expectations, i.e. what we expect the robot to be able to do functionally (e.g. opening a door, carrying a box, etc). It is still unclear however how social expectations violation impact functional expectations, and the other way round.
The project
The goal of this thesis project is to evaluate how social and functional expectations violations influence each others. The student will be expected to implement an experimental setup in a real robot where social expectations and functional expectations are violated.
With the help of the supervisor, the student will formulate the appropriate research questions and hypotheses, design the experimental study, complete the experiments, and analyze the results using the proper statistical analysis techniques.
Student profile
This topic may be for you if:
- you are interested in learning about experimental research (hypothesis testing, user studies, etc)
- you have some previous experience with python
- you have some previous experience or are keep to learn about programming robots
- you have a strong interest in understanding how humans and robot can work together
Annonsuppgifter
Annonsör: Örebro universitet
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Annonskategori: Examensarbete, praktik, uppsats
Intresseområde: Data och IT
Kontaktperson: Jennifer Renoux (Senior Researcher) jennifer.renoux@oru.se