Mathilde Hutin
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Mathilde Hutin is a rising researcher in the interdisciplinary field of human-robot interaction, with a specific focus on the phonetic and linguistic adaptations humans make when addressing artificial agents. Her work centers on robot-directed speech (RDS), exploring how vocal patterns shift when people communicate with machines versus other humans. In her highly cited 2023 study, "Do We Speak to Robots Looking Like Humans As We Speak to Humans? A Study of Pitch in French Human-Machine and Human-Human Interactions," Hutin demonstrated that speakers systematically alter their pitch when talking to robotic devices, revealing subtle but measurable acoustic adjustments. Building on this, her subsequent research on speech rate and fluency examined how a robot’s human-likeness influences the tempo and smoothness of our speech. Though early in her career, Hutin’s contributions are already shaping our understanding of how humans intuitively code-switch between social and machine interlocutors. Her findings have implications for designing more natural voice interfaces and for theories of communication accommodation. With her work garnering attention in the growing field of human-machine communication, Hutin is establishing herself as a key voice in the phonetics of our increasingly automated world.
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