Ingenuity Labs Research
(Human gait adaptation alongside humanoid Robots)
(Currently in Progress)
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Intro
Intro
Humanoid and legged robots are starting to move out of labs and into everyday spaces, working alongside people in factories, hospitals, and public buildings. As these machines walk beside us, their size, motion, and behaviour can subtly change the way we walk, even when they never touch us. My research project alongside professor Amy Wu and Queen's Inginuity labs, studies how people adapt their gait when walking next to the Unitree G1 humanoid robot in a shared indoor environment. Using motion capture on human participants and precise tracking of the robot, I compare walking patterns and balance measures when people walk alone versus side-by-side with G1. The goal is to quantify these changes and help define safer, more comfortable ways for robots and humans to move together.
Proposed Methods - (Research to Begin winter semester 2026)
Proposed Methods - (Research to Begin winter semester 2026)
In this project, I run controlled walking trials where volunteers walk along an indoor walkway both on their own and side-by-side with the Unitree G1 humanoid robot. Each participant wears motion-capture sensors (such as an Xsens suit or reflective markers) so I can track their leg and body movements in 3D and measure things like step length, step width, and walking speed. At the same time, the G1 is programmed to walk next to the person at a fixed distance, while its position is recorded so I can calculate how far it is from the human at every step. By comparing the motion-capture data from the “walking alone” trials to the “walking with G1” trials, I can see how the robot’s presence affects the way people move and how stable their gait is.
Results
Results
(Research and tests current in progress...)
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