For Research

Focus on your research questions, not infrastructure:

Autonomous conversational robots ready to deploy
Create different characters with parameters tailored to your study
Pepper is a standard platform in HRI labs worldwide
Iterate quickly—update characters in the web editor, no redeployment needed

LAPSCO Psychology Lab, Clermont-Ferrand

LAPSCO is a social psychology lab equipped for experiments with robots, VR, and other interactive technologies. Psychology students run studies where people interact with Pepper under various conditions.

Before RoboHearts AI, setting up a natural conversation required either custom development or wizard-of-oz control. They have now used RoboHearts AI (and its predecessor) for several years.

Before: Wizard-of-Oz setup

Another student had to operate the robot full-time
Interactions were limited to preset phrases or manual typing
Topics were constrained and less natural
Someone had to be present for every single session

After: RoboHearts AI

Robot operates autonomously
Discusses any topic naturally
Students run experiments independently
More realistic conversational scenarios
No need to hire developers or operators

Easy personality switching for experimental conditions

Students swap between friendly, hostile, or distant Pepper characters with a couple of clicks. The Character Editor makes it simple to configure exactly the condition a study requires.

Research Applications

Human-Robot Interaction Studies

RoboHearts AI gives you a working conversational baseline so you can focus on what you want to measure—proxemics, turn-taking, personality perception, or long-term interaction. Pepper is a standard platform in HRI research, and we have supported workshops at HRI Summer School 2023, RoboCup 2024, and IEEE Humanoids 2025.

Psychology Experiments

Use robots as conversation partners, easily defining different personalities for each condition. If you need more control or custom behaviours, we’re happy to collaborate.

Education Research

Deploy robots in classrooms to study how they support learning or how students perceive AI. Switch between characters instantly to test different scenarios without reprogramming.

Let's collaborate

We love speaking with teams working on HRI, psychology of communication, and education research. Share what you're exploring—we might build something together.