Outline

Here you will find information on our research, our goals and hypotheses, as well as an overview of our robot applications and the programming of our robots.

For a long time now, people have dreamed of creating an artificial counterpart by basically recreating themselves. Humanoid robots, which are appearing in more and more areas of daily life (such as receptionists in the hotel and travel industry, as consultants in stores, as mobile information points at fairs, etc.) are a manifestation of this ancient human dream. In the meantime, humanoid robots can even be purchased for the price of a small car, e.g. the robot 'Pepper' from Softbank Robotics.

There is no question that humanoid robots are becoming more and more important in everyday human life and will simply "belong" sooner rather than later. What are the consequences for the individual and for society?

Here we are only at the beginning of the research. In order to gain respective insights, relevant and fruitful research questions and hypotheses must be phrased, which are then empirically investigated in order to get generalizable statements and result in "robotic apps" suitable for everyday use.

The aim of the project is to explore the topic "robots in everyday life" with qualitative methods in order to generate research questions and hypotheses, which can then be investigated empirically on a larger population.

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