Behind just such a façade, DE-ENIGMA partner, SSA, found light and airy rooms, perfectly suited to greet the children who will be participating in short interactions with small humanoid robots for the DE-ENIGMA project.
As well as recording rooms, there is a room for technicians to set up their sound and data recording equipment and for the parents to wait. There is a small kitchen to keep the coffee flowing (a very important point) and, of course, internet and central heating.
Members of the DE-ENIGMA team from London, Enschede (NL) and Passau (Germany) will visit the test-site later in April. Their purpose is to establish how best to make the rooms comfortable and pleasant for the children without hampering video recordings and where best to place their sensors for the best possible recordings.
The results of the visit will be used to dress the rooms, and, for the design of a construction to house the sensors so that they do not distract the children, but, most importantly, so that they can be positioned quickly and accurately for each recording session. This is necessary as each consortium partner has their own sensors and they take these back to their own labs for further work between recording periods.
