Thesis Project Form
Title (tentative): Competition and collaboration in joint action| Thesis advisor(s): Sanguineti Vittorio, Cecilia De Vicariis (UNIGE), Ekaterina Ivanova, Etienne Burdet (Imperial College, London) | E-mail: |
| Address: Via All'Opera Pia, 13 - 16145 Genova | Phone: (+39) 010 33 56487 |
Description
Motivation and application domain
Human-human interaction is ubiquitous in our daily life. For instance, walking in a crowded place or lifting a sofa together, in team sport playing, dancing or rehabilitation. Few studies addressed the mechanisms underlying coordination. The project aims at investigating these mechanisms systematically, addressing different interactive scenarios (competition-collaboration) in physical human-human settings and combining analysis of body and eye movements.
General objectives and main activities
The main objective of the project is to investigate how humans’ behaviors change depending on the interactive task. To this purpose, the project will involve several activities:
1. Based on the scientific question an experimental setup and protocol will be developed integrating existing technologies in the laboratory.
2. Data collection: pair of participants will be recruited for the experiment.
3. Data analysis.
1. Based on the scientific question an experimental setup and protocol will be developed integrating existing technologies in the laboratory.
2. Data collection: pair of participants will be recruited for the experiment.
3. Data analysis.
Training Objectives (technical/analytical tools, experimental methodologies)
1. Synchronization of different acquisition systems (haptic interfaces, eye tracking)
2. Experiments with humans
3. Behavioral data analysis in Matlab/Python
2. Experiments with humans
3. Behavioral data analysis in Matlab/Python
Place(s) where the thesis work will be carried out: Human Robotics Lab, Imperial College London (UK)
Additional information
Maximum number of students: 1