SitBot: A Posture-Mimicking Robot toReduce Slouching
Paper i proceeding, 2026
Poor posture is a common issue in modern sedentary lifestyles and can lead to long-term musculoskeletal problems. This study explores whether a robot can improve human posture through mimicry. We designed a teddy bear robot that mimics people’s slouching behaviour, and alerts the person to return to an upright posture. The prototype was tested in a controlled user study involving 20 participants. Results indicate that the inclusion of slouch mimicry tends to make people correct their posture and increases their posture awareness, without being perceived as more distracting than a baseline condition. These initial results suggest that slouch mimicry can be an effective solution to improve people’s posture while working at a desk.
Författare
Chia-An Wang
Student vid Chalmers
Adam Wikström
Student vid Chalmers
Linus Pettersson
Student vid Chalmers
Anasha Sarker
Student vid Chalmers
Martina De Cet
Göteborgs universitet
Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign och Software Engineering
Georgios Diapoulis
Göteborgs universitet
Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign och Software Engineering
Mohammad Obaid
Göteborgs universitet
Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign och Software Engineering
Ilaria Torre
Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign och Software Engineering
Göteborgs universitet
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
0302-9743 (ISSN) 1611-3349 (eISSN)
Vol. 16131 LNAI 648-654978-981952378-8 (ISBN)
17th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR+AI 2025
Naples, Italy,
Naples, Italy,
Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2025)
Medicinsk modellering och simulering
Annan teknik
Robotik och automation
Människa-datorinteraktion (interaktionsdesign)
Etologi
DOI
10.1007/978-981-95-2379-5_58