A Body For R3D3: The Robot Receptionist

The R3D3 robot, Rolling Receptionist Robot with Double Dutch Dialogue, is a social receptionist robot in need of a body design. In this bachelor thesis a research is performed investigating fields of robot design practices and the participatory design methodology. The thesis puts virtual reality technology in practice to allow participants to select between 42 combinations of robot designs. The research evaluates the participants’ experience in VR participatory design and qualittative results to find a body for R3D3.