HRI - Simon Says With Misty II

Description

This code gives a Misty robot the ability to engage in a Simon Says game either while gazing at a participant or staring blankly. This code is used in a Human-Robot Interaction study that evaluates the effect of robot gaze on human mental workload during problem solving tasks.

Installation

Installation instructions vary from the instructions provided in the mistyPy documentation.

1. Download Anaconda:
   https://www.anaconda.com/download/
2. Open a terminal using the Anaconda UI and enter:
   conda create -n <your_custom_environment_name> python=3.12 requests
3. Now that your environment is set up, activate the environment using the <custom-environment-name> you chose:
   

• conda source activate misty_developer
• pip install mistyPy
• pip install websocket-client==0.52.0

Every time you open a new terminal enter: conda source activate <your_custom_environment_name>

Usage

Code provided can only run on the Misty II robot. Robot implementation is written in Python using the mistyPy package.

Authors

Anna Sheaffer, Marti Zentmeier, Qimou Zhou