Robot Revolution!
In 2017 We The Curious (WTC) science centre launched a new programme to improve the quality and social relevance of academic research by introducing more diverse public voices to the research process. Over two years of collaborative piloting, Nathalia Gjersoe (University of Bath), Severin Lemaignan (Bristol Robotics), Helen Della Nave, Maca Gomez-Gutierrez and Tom Rodgers (WTC) created an engaging activity for families that simultaneously collected reliable data form over 2000 participants and provided a platform for more than 450 visitors to build their ideas into Nathalia’s developing research.
Nathalia’s research focuses on users’ natural tendency to make sense of robots by attributing them with human-like thoughts and feelings. As the presence of robots increase in homes, schools and care facilities it is critically important to understand how naïve users will make sense of them. The aim of the research is to offer evidence-based tools for robot design and policy.
Dr Nathalia Gjersoe
Department of Psychology
Partnerships - Research that is working in collaboration with people outside academia including industry, policy-makers and civil society and community-based organisations
Robot Revolution!
In 2017 We The Curious (WTC) science centre launched a new programme to improve the quality and social relevance of academic research by introducing more diverse public voices to the research process. Over two years of collaborative piloting, Nathalia Gjersoe (University of Bath), Severin Lemaignan (Bristol Robotics), Helen Della Nave, Maca Gomez-Gutierrez and Tom Rodgers (WTC) created an engaging activity for families that simultaneously collected reliable data form over 2000 participants and provided a platform for more than 450 visitors to build their ideas into Nathalia’s developing research.
Nathalia’s research focuses on users’ natural tendency to make sense of robots by attributing them with human-like thoughts and feelings. As the presence of robots increase in homes, schools and care facilities it is critically important to understand how naïve users will make sense of them. The aim of the research is to offer evidence-based tools for robot design and policy.
Dr Nathalia Gjersoe
Department of Psychology
Partnerships - Research that is working in collaboration with people outside academia including industry, policy-makers and civil society and community-based organisations