Human-robot interaction is a complex field of study which requires interdisciplinary skills. Consequently, the team of the HRI-lab uses very different approaches in research.
In the subsequent interviews our researchers give an in-depth insight into their studies.
Kerstin Fischer: Dedicated to human-robot interaction
![Kerstin Fischer visits the Honda Research Institute Japan in Tokyo.](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/files/om_sdu/institutter/idk/human-robot+interaction_files/kerstin_fischer_honda_research_institute_tokyo.jpg?la=en&hash=5C30F9C02768998BA077AE497381634E)
Kerstin Fischer introduces her research on speech, human-robot interaction and the HRI lab in Sønderborg.
Oliver Niebuhr: "We know surprisingly little about spoke language"
![Oliver Niebuhr working in the language lab.](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/files/om_sdu/institutter/idk/human-robot+interaction_files/oliver_niebuhr.jpg?la=en&hash=FCE63FE46EF635ABEB71FC13DD882D13)
Associate Professor Oliver Niebuhr presents Charisma & Intonation: We know surprisingly little about spoken language.
Nathalie Schümchen: "I look into my data without forming hypotheses beforehand"
![Nathalie Schümchen and Rosalyn Melissa Langedijk developing a concept for an experiment in the HRI-lab, Sønderborg.](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/files/om_sdu/institutter/idk/human-robot+interaction_files/nathalie_schuemchen_rosalyn_langedijk_hri-lab01.jpg?la=en&hash=AA9B20C6D17BB0DDEBACEC7F4C045D06)
PhD student Nathalie Schümchen gives an insight on Visual Teaching Materials for Second Language Learning.
Selina Sara Eisenberger: "Investing time in intonation pays out"
Research Assistant Selina Sara Eisenberger presents Intonation Swap Study – Using Robots in Prosody Research
Rosalyn Melissa Langedijk: "Robots are often dealt with as if it was a person"
![Rosalyn Melissa Langedijk experimenting with the EZ-Bot in the Lab.](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/files/om_sdu/institutter/idk/human-robot+interaction_files/rosalyn_lab02.jpg?la=en&hash=531FAE4698DA169425A7E40A419A208E)
PhD student Rosalyn Melissa Langedijk introduces SMOOTH Project -Developing A Support Robot for the Elderly.
Sascha Steinhoff: Coding Open Answers in Surveys
![Screenshot Survey Xact: Open Question Design](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/files/om_sdu/institutter/idk/human-robot+interaction_files/interview_survey_coding/open_question_teaser.png?la=en&hash=5817FD68D49999B5B72AFEBBABFA5337)
Data processing in surveys: Sascha Steinhoff demonstrates techniques for efficient coding of answers to open questions.
Software that we use
Here we give an overview of applications that we regularly use for our research:
Audacity - Software for generating and manipulating sound files
http://www.audacityteam.org/
Clan - A free tool for video/audio transcriptions
http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/clan/
iCub Simulator - Installation guide and software links (win/mac/linux)
http://eris.liralab.it/wiki/ICub_Simulator_Installation
Godspeed Questionnaire Series - A set of ready-to-use questionnaire items, validated and tested in HRI experiments
http://www.bartneck.de/2008/03/11/the-godspeed-questionnaire-series/
Handbrake - A free video converter
https://handbrake.fr/
MaryTTS - Free text-to-speech synthesizer. Can run in your browser or be installed locally on Windows/Mac/linux
http://mary.dfki.de/
Online avatar with text-to-speech synthesizer
http://www.sitepal.com/editordemo/
Overleaf - Online tool to support collaborative writing using LaTex
https://www.overleaf.com/
Paper Templates - Word and LaTex templates for submission to IEEE conferences
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
Praat - Software for doing phonetic analysis and manipulation of audio streams
http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/
ProsodyPro - A Praat script for large-scale systematic prosody analysis
http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uclyyix/ProsodyPro/
Social Objects Lab on YouTube - Online tutorials on video editing, transcription using clan, and more
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe-KwudMVdakhrEsWHkpmYQ
TeamViewer - A tool for remotely connecting to other computers. Great for setting up WoZ studies (free for personal use)
https://www.teamviewer.com