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Welcome to the LIT Robopsychology Lab!

The LIT Robopsychology Lab combines methods and expertise of psychology with current issues pertaining to artificial intelligence and robotics.

When it comes to research in psychology, human experience, perception, and behaviour are core subjects. On this basis, robotic psychology focuses on how humans experience intelligent machines, how they behave towards these intelligent machines, and how the needs of different groups of people can be taken into account when it comes to technology development.

Established in 2018, the JKU Robopsychology Lab at the Linz Institute of Technology currently conducts research under the direction of Prof. Martina Mara and focuses on, among other things, the following topics:

  • Why do machines that seem too human come across as "uncanny" to us and in what context is this truly the case?
  • Just how do people and robots interact in the workplace and what does it take to create trust?
  • How does an intelligent machine's comprehensibility and predictability relate to its users' sense of control and safety?
  • What effect do synthetic voices, such as Alexa and Siri, bring about and how important is it to be able to distinguish between human speakers and machine speakers?

 

LIT
ROBOPSYCHOLOGY LAB

ADDRESS

Johannes Kepler University Linz
Altenberger Straße 69
4040 Linz

LOCATION

Open Innovation Center

PHONE

+43 732 2468 9446 9511

Research Abstrakte Illustration eines Industrieroboterarms, der ein kleines Objekt an eine Person übergibt

Current Research Topics of the LIT Robopsychology Lab

About Prof. Mara Martina Mara and the robot Manoi PF01

Prof. Martina Mara

Guidelines

Methodical Approaches at the LIT Robopsychology Lab

Teaching

Courses

Current Projects

CoBot Studio, ExoBility, How to Explain AI, DigitalWerk, ...

Me and the Machines Blick in den Ausstellungsbereich: Im Vordergrund ist ein orangener Industrieroboterarm in einer Glasvitrine zu sehen, im Hintergrund eine kleine Insel mit Moos und Zweigen.

Exhibition area at the Ars Electronica Center

News & Events

News 05.02.2024

The Robopsychology Lab celebrates three successful graduations.

Three new doctoral graduates of psychology in just three weeks

News 31.01.2024

Research insights at the JKU Alumni Club's New Year's reception

The Robopsychology Lab presented "A Song, all about AI" and the participatory process behind it to around 200 JKU alumni.

Saal voller Menschen, die an Tischen sitzen oder stehen, auf dem Podium Kathrin Meyer
News 30.11.2023

PartWiss 23

The LIT Robopsychology Lab was represented by Kathrin Meyer and Thomas Meneweger at the conference on networking and strengthening participation in science at Chemnitz University of Technology.

Kathrin Meyer und Thomas Meneweger vor dem Willkommens-Plakat der PartWiss-Konferenz
News 13.10.2023

A Song All About AI

AI song by the LIT Robopsychology Lab & Blonder Engel! Get the audio, video, and lyrics here!