Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Synchronization in interaction between Humans and Embodied AI Systems
When we go for a walk with friends, we can observe that our movements unconsciously synchronize. This is a crucial aspect of human relations that is known to build trust, liking, and the feeling of connectedness and rapport. In this project, we explore if and how this effect can enhance the relationship between humans and AI systems by increasing the sense of connectedness in the formation of techno-social teams working together on a task.
To evaluate the feasibility of this approach, we build a physical object representing an AI system that can bend in two dimensions to synchronize with the movements of humans. Then, conduct an initial evaluation in which we will track the upper body motion of the participants and use this data to compute the prototype movement using different transfer functions (e.g., varying the delay and amplitude of the movement).
This Humane-AI-Net micro-project is performed by Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Contact: Florian Müller) and the University of Warsaw (Contact: Andrzej Nowak).
The project is currently in progress. The results will be published here after completion of the project.