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Thesis Topics

Explore exciting thesis topics related to social robotics, education, and human-robot interaction:

  1. Local LM Integration & Behaviour Expansion
    • Deploy lightweight language models for on-device interaction.
    • Extend robot behaviours with human-in-the-loop contextual responses.
  2. RSC-XR: Game Engine-Based Study Companions
    • Prospect opportunities and solutions for virtual study companions.
    • Develop a literature-backed game engine-based virtual study companion.
  3. RSC’s Digital Twin: A Virtual Copy of the RSC
    • Prospect opportunities and solutions for virtual study companions.
    • Develop a literature-backed game engine-based virtual RSC.
    • Virtual vs. Physical presence of the robot: Which is better?
    • Simulate and expand on the multimodal behaviour of the robot.
  4. Brains of the RSC: Inferencing LLMs on Low-Compute Devices
    • Survey frameworks employing state-of-the-art language models on computationally limited silicon.
    • Evaluate language models and compile results.
    • Integrate with RSC and document findings.
  5. Speaking, Listening RSC: TTS and STT Solutions
    • Survey state-of-the-art open-source Text-To-Speech and Speech-To-Text models.
    • Give the RSC a voice and evaluate student feedback.
  6. Learn About How You Learn: Study Monitoring Web Interface
    • Explore open student study monitoring frameworks.
    • Integrate with RSC and evaluate.
  7. Academic Emotion Recognition with the RSC
    • Literature review: Affect recognition using various sensor modalities.
    • Integrate and evaluate affective state recognition solutions with the RSC hardware.
  8. Your Social Robot Study Companion as an IoT Gateway
    • Explore IoT home automation frameworks with social robots.
    • Integrate and evaluate a home automation framework on the RSC.
  9. Build the RSC Human-Robot Multimodal Interaction
    • Explore and integrate interaction solutions.
  10. Explore and Implement Cybersecurity Measures
    • Pen-test and threat modeling assessment for the RSC.
  11. RSC Gets a HAT: Comprehensive PCB Design
    • Available audio HATs fall short of active support.
    • Integrate peripherals and devices to connect to a single HAT circuit board.
  12. Materials for Social Robots
    • Investigate sustainable, tactile, and user-friendly materials.
    • Balance durability, cost, and emotional/UX impact.
  13. Feel free to suggest your own topic!
    • Reach out to farnaz.baksh@ut.ee

Last update: August 2025