Bastian Orthmann

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Bastian Orthmann is an emerging researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction (HRI), multimodal communication, and immersive technologies. His work explores how robots can more naturally and intuitively coexist with humans in shared spaces, with a particular focus on non-verbal and auditory communication strategies. In his influential 2023 paper "Sounding Robots," Orthmann investigated how carefully designed auditory displays can convey critical robot states — such as urgency, availability, and navigational intent — enabling safer and more fluid co-habitation between humans and robots without requiring direct task engagement. This work, alongside "Hearing it Out," highlights his commitment to bridging the gap between sound design expertise and robotics, advocating for design-thinking methodologies to guide the creation of meaningful robot soundscapes. More recently, Orthmann has expanded into augmented reality and large language model-driven interfaces, demonstrating how voice-commanded AR systems can democratize robot teleoperation by eliminating the need for traditional controllers. Collectively accumulating over 20 citations, his research addresses a largely underexplored dimension of HRI — making robots not just functionally effective, but perceptually coherent and communicatively rich partners in human environments.