Human-Robot Interaction

Natural Communications Study

Snehesh Shrestha
Ge Gao
Cornelia Fermüller
Yiannis Aloimonos

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Perception and Robotics Group


Department of Computer Science


University of Maryland, College Park


National Science Foundation

We invite you to participate in natural communication and gestures research at the University of Maryland. This is a one of kind large study looking at how humans across the world communicate naturally both verbally as well as non-verbally.


You are eligible for this study if you are 18 years or older. You will need to be present in a robotics lab (PRG ARC lab) at the UMD, College Park campus. The sessions may last anywhere from 1 hour up to 1.5 hours and will be recorded. You will be compensated for a minimum of $10 for the first hour and an additional $5 for every 30 minutes after the first hour for each session. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact the principal investigator (PI) Snehesh Shrestha at snehesh@umd.edu. Click sign up to participate.


Location of the study will be in the PRG ARC lab