PhD Defence by Evgenios Vlachos: Sustaining Emotional Communication when Interacting with an Android Robot

PhD Defence by Evgenios Vlachos: Sustaining Emotional Communication when Interacting with an Android Robot

This study is concerned with the problem of sustaining emotional communication when interacting with an android social robot. The contributions to this field of research include new results and methods in relation to the perception of robots both prior to and after HRI, the evaluation and assessment of robotic platforms and robot properties in relation to specific tasks, the importance of designing android robotic interfaces after actual humans, and the ethics of such a persuasive technology social robots are.

Tidspunkt

31.05.2016 kl. 14.00 - 17.00

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The assessment committee:

Peter Øhrstrøm, Aalborg University Denmark (chair)
Anne Gerdes, University of Southern Denmark
Dr. Shuichi Nishio, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International Japan

Supervisor:

Henrik Schärfe

 
The defence is followed by a reception.
Everybody is welcome!

Arrangør

Department of Communication and Psychology

Adresse

Room 5.127, Rendsburggade 14, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark