Marieke van Otterdijk

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• PhD
• PostDoc Position at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Robots are becoming part of our social landscape. Social interaction with humans must be efficient and intuitive to understand because nonverbal cues make social interactions between humans and robots more efficient. This study measures mental effort to investigate factors influencing the intuitive understanding of expressive nonverbal robot motion...

Successfully implementing robots to support senior adults requires their acceptance. Leveraging nonverbal communication could enhance the ease and intuitiveness of accepting robot assistance. However, it is essential to see how different age groups understand nonverbal communication cues to understand the dynamics between different user groups and...

This study investigates the user experience and preferences of older adults who received food from a social robot with expressive movement tailored to the kind of food it delivered. The robot presented food items, either favored or disfavored, employing approaching behaviors customized to correspond with or oppose the individuals’ respective prefer...

This study investigates the impact of dynamic matching of robot motion velocity to users' walking velocity in a human-robot approach scenario on three categories: perceived comfort, interactivity, and naturalness. Considering age diversity, participants were divided into two age groups. Young participants tended to rate higher for all three categor...

Robots are anticipated to communicate with humans in our social context. Using nonverbal communication by robots increases communication comprehension because humans intuitively understand such behavior due to their experience of human-human interaction. Thus, this behavior is suitable for studying what makes robot motion intuitive to understand in...

Robots have the potential to provide everyday life care and support for senior adults, but acceptance is essential for successful implementation in the domestic environment. Nonverbal social behavior can enhance this acceptance, and behavioral cues should be easy and intuitive to understand. However, which factors contribute to senior adults’ intui...

Robot personality design is an essential aspect in Social Robotics, where humans and robots interact in a social context. Social robots with expressive behaviors can demonstrate human-like behaviors through voice, speech, gestures, and non-verbal cues. In this study, we focus on designing robot personalities based on non-verbal cues. More specifica...

Congruence of verbal and nonverbal behavior of a robot is essential to establish a seamless and natural interaction between humans and robots. We have investigated the preference and user experience of the senior participants that a robot approaches with expressive movement that is tailored or incongruent to the message the robot brings. Twelve eld...

Using a social robot has been proven to have multiple benefits for the training of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, there is no clarity on the impact of the interaction quality between a child with ASD and a robot on the effectiveness of the therapy. Previous research showed that the use of a robot in Pivotal Response Treatmen...

Improving the quality of life of people with dementia in long-term care facilities is very important and can be achieved by designing engaging activities for the residents. The introduction of social robots for people with dementia has already proven its benefits, and we expected that adding contextual cues to this interaction would enhance the pos...