I Am the Robot: A VR Based Wizard of Oz System for the Humanoid Robot Pepper
Paper i proceeding, 2026

This late-breaking report presents a Wizard of Oz control system that uses virtual reality equipment to operate the humanoid robot Pepper. The system enables control by mirroring the operator’s movement within the physical space, including body and head rotation, and arm movements directly onto the robot. The system was evaluated in a study setup with two participant groups: users and operators. Results showed that the system was effective in simulating natural robot behaviour, while being intuitive and engaging.

pepper

virtual reality

wizard of oz

human-robot interaction

Författare

Sofia Thunberg

Göteborgs universitet

Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign och Software Engineering

Uppsala universitet

Aris Alissandrakis

Göteborgs universitet

Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign och Software Engineering

Timmy Bolinder

Student vid Chalmers

Melker Forslund

Student vid Chalmers

Elias Lycke

Student vid Chalmers

Tobias Pettersson

Student vid Chalmers

Marcus Saméus

Student vid Chalmers

Robin Åsberg

Student vid Chalmers

Companion Proceedings of the 21st ACM IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction Hri Companion 2026

10-14
9798400723216 (ISBN)

21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI Companion 2026
Edinburgh, United Kingdom,

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2025)

Robotik och automation

Människa-datorinteraktion (interaktionsdesign)

DOI

10.1145/3776734.3794345

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2026-05-04