Research Assistant Position in Human Robot Interaction

Within the topic area "Human-Robot Interaction" in the Department of Human Factors at the University of Ulm, the psychological foundations of a subjectively successful interaction with robots are investigated in cooperation with other German universities and industrial partners and transferred into practice in the sense of a human-centered design of robots. Within the framework of the advertised position, psychological processes of trust development in interaction with robots will be investigated. In particular, requirements and implementation possibilities of an acceptable, safe and trustworthy design of human-robots will be derived.

Your responsibilities:

• Planning, implementation, evaluation and documentation of empirical studies
• Support of the project management of different funding projects
• Participation in and organization of project meetings
• Optimally, the programming of interaction concepts on demonstration robots
• Publication of results in scientific journals and at conferences
• Participation in the preparation of applications for follow-up projects