Category: PhD Thesis

17.1.2025

First steps towards programming mixed fleet systems by domain experts

As 2024 has been left behind and 2025 is upon us, it is appropriate to look what has been achieved in the Mixed Fleet project.

8.1.2025

“Make warehouse great again!” Understanding users’ perceptions and expectations towards automated guided vehicles in mixed fleet environments

I, Aparajita Chowdhury, accompanied by Veronika Zigraiova, visited Mitsubishi Logisnext (MLE) warehouse in Järvenpää to conduct a user study to understand warehouse workers’ perspective and expectations towards collaborating with automated guided vehicles in mixed fleet environment.

27.11.2024

What an experience! Attending Humanoids 2024 in Nancy, France

I recently attended the Humanoids 2024 conference in Nancy, France (November 22nd–24th) to present a paper for the MediaRoboLit 65+ project. The paper addressed accessibility issues in human-robot interaction with the elderly. Initially, I expected to see research mainly related to cute, toy-like robots like Nao and Pepper.

14.6.2024

Cracking the Code of Non-Anthropomorphic Expressions in Mixed Fleet Environment in Germany

Ever wondered how to make a robot expressive without turning it into a mini-Terminator? Well, that's exactly what I was exploring during my month-long research exchange visit in Germany.

27.5.2024

Exploring the Future of Human-Machine Interaction: Human-Centered Design in the Mixed Fleet Project

Last Wednesday 15.5. was an exciting day for the Mixed Fleet project as three researchers (Aino Ahtinen, Aparajita Chowdhury and Veronika Zigraiová) from Robostudio at the Tampere University headed to Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe premises in Järvenpää to gather insights on human attitudes toward Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs). This engaging study aimed to understand how humans and machines could communicate effectively in shared spaces like warehouses.

11.10.2023

Do you trust me? Exploring human-robot trust with primary school pupils at a summer camp of Varalan Urheiluopisto

It was the beginning of Fall, the first day of September 2023. Three robots accompanied by seven researchers visited a summer camp at Varalan Urheiluopisto to introduce different types of social robots and study the trust from the human-robot interaction.

1.7.2019

Doctoral Defence: Data-Driven Software Development with User-Interaction Data

The doctoral dissertation of Sampo Suonsyrjä was examined at the Hervanta Campus on a sunny Wednesday on June 26th. Professor Jan Bosch from Chalmers University of Technology acted as the opponent and professor Kari Systä was the patient custos listening the lively conversation.