Experiments
Here are our selected experiments at a glance.
Attentional capture in natural environments
How, and to what extent, generic human-like behavioural characteristics can trigger adopting the intentional stance to the robot? The first step is to quantitatively analyse the parameters of human reactions to distracting stimuli in a naturalistic environment. As a second step, those behavioural characteristics will be copied on a robot, and participants will observe either a human-like robot reactive to the environment, or a mechanistic behaviour.
Collecting data from real participants
Implementation using iCub simulator
Early attempts of implementation on the actual robot
Gaze leading and gaze following in HRI
How does successful vs. unsuccessful initiation of joint attention with robots affects engagement with them, subsequent interaction, and attribution of human-like traits?
Screen based experiment
Interaction with iCub
Action expectations and gaze following in HRI
Is gaze following during HRI influenced by violation of expectations regarding goal- oriented action sequences?
Mutual gaze in joint attention
Does mutual gaze influence fundamental mechanism of attention?
Dynamic structure of cooperative and competitive joint actions
What is the dynamical structure of joint action behavior in the traditional social Simon task during HRI?
Sense of agency in HRI
The presence of others changes our sense of agency (the perceived relationship between our actions and the external events). Does the same happen during the interaction with artificial and/or mechanical agents?