One of our projects is looking at social synchrony in autistic children with a robot. Social synchrony is the mechanism by which we keep time with each other and may be an important skill in the process of conversational turn taking. We want the robot to follow along with simple gestures such as clapping in time or doing a synchronised wave. Potential students will have to look at potential methods for identifying a pose non-intrusively (e.g. using a 3D camera) and then mimicking it (preferably) in real time.

Prerequisites - Software development (Python or C/C++) - Knowledge of computer vision techniques. - Knowledge of Linux is desirable. - Knowledge of ROS is desirable. - Interest in development of Robotics.