Max Robotics — Global Service Robot Directory + US Certification

About

Viktor Richter investigates the intersection of human-robot interaction, smart environments, and multimodal communication, with a focus on how naive users intuitively engage with intelligent systems. His work centers on designing social robots that can understand and respond to human cues in complex, multi-party settings. Richter’s major contributions include the creation of a multi-modal corpus capturing user interactions with a smart home inhabited by a social robot, which has garnered 29 citations and serves as a foundational resource for the field. He also explores addressee recognition—how robots determine who a user is speaking to in smart environments—and the impact of active attention arbitration on dialogue flow. His paper “Are you talking to me?” (25 citations) demonstrates how a humanoid robot can track and respond to users outside its field of view using multimodal stimuli, advancing robot social awareness. Richter’s work on intuitive, natural interaction paradigms helps bridge the gap between human expectations and robotic capabilities, making him a key figure in developing more responsive, context-aware intelligent environments.