Barbara Kuhnert
Contact
Institut für Informatik
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Georges-Köhler-Allee 52
79110 Freiburg, Germany
Building 052 - Room 02-018
Email: kuhnertb@informatik.uni-freiburg.de
Phone: +49 761 203-7214
About me
Education
1995-2001
Study of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Diploma in Psychology
Work / Professional Experience
2002-20013
Research assistant at MTO GmbH (Mensch/Technologie/Organisation). Psychological research and consulting in the field of human-machine-interface, usability, user experience, cognitive ergonomics and design.
2012-2014
Research assistant at the Center of Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg.
2013-2014
Scholarship within the SPP1516 „New Frameworks of Rationality“. Research project: “Non-monotonicity, consistency and rationality in human reasoning”.
since 10/2014
Ph.D. - Scholarship from the Graduate School of Robotics, University of Freiburg
Current Research
For my graduation I would like to examine the human-robot interface from a psychological point of view. Overall objective of my work is the identification of essential features and characteristics which can increase the acceptance of robots and enhance a social relationship between human and robot. In addition to the critical review of the Uncanny Valley hypothesis, I`m interested in the anthropomorphic attributes to augment the functionality and behavioural characteristics of a robot, accompanying emotions during the human-robot interaction and possible intentions attributed to the robot.