Sound Design for Medical Robotics

Institute

Lehrstuhl für Ergonomie

Type

Master's Thesis /

Content

experimental / theoretical / constructive /  

Description

Background:
Consequential sounds resulting from moving parts of products influence how a product is perceived regarding
concepts like safety and capability. Active sound design is already a well-established discipline in e.g. the
automotive industry, where synthesized sound material is added to a car’s engine sound. Less research can be
found regarding sound design for robotic movement, especially in specific contexts like medical robotics.

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Tasks and Objectives:

• Literature research on sound design, movement sonification and consequential sounds in the context of (medical) robotics
• Systematic development of sound profiles for a robot in medical contexts
• Design, conduction and analysis of a user study to evaluate the developed sound designs
• Data collection, evaluation and interpretation

Requirements

• Interest in human-robot-interaction and sound design
• Proficiency in data collection, statistical analysis and interpretation
• Experience in digital processing of sounds or sound design is a bonus
• Good English language skills

 

Possible start

sofort

Contact

Sarah Feigl, M.Sc.
Room: MW 3305
sarah.feigltum.de

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