Nnamdi Nwagwu — accepted AI-conference papers

2026

Can We Automatically Label Expressive Robot Arm Motion Qualities? Open Dataset and Machine Learning Results

Nnamdi Nwagwu, Damien Pearl, Naomi T. Fitter

RA-L 2026

Robot motion impacts onlooker perception of robots' social and functional goals, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Neighboring fields such as dance can help roboticists understand the impacts of motion using tools like the Laban efforts, one of the primary modes of annotating and interpretin

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2024

The Benefits of Sound Resound: An In-Person Replication of the Ability of Character-Like Robot Sound to Improve Perceived Social Warmth

Nnamdi Nwagwu, Adeline Schneider, Ibrahim Syed, Brian J. Zhang, Naomi T. Fitter

RSS 2024poster

While robot sound is known to impact perceptions of robots, little research to date has addressed the topic of robot sound. In particular, there are few in-person studies surrounding the topic. To expand existing robotic sound research, we conducted an in-person empirical study with $N=30$ participa…

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