Measuring Human-Animal Interaction with Smartwatches: An Initial Experiment

Katharina Stolz (), Teresa Heyder (), Peter A. Gloor () and Oliver Posegga ()
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Katharina Stolz: Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg
Teresa Heyder: Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg
Peter A. Gloor: MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
Oliver Posegga: Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg

A chapter in Collaborative Innovation Networks, 2019, pp 165-182 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The paper describes and evaluates an explorative approach to quantify the relationship between trainable animals and their owners. Data on human-animal interaction has been collected by using Pebble smartwatches and by observing different kinds of animal training sessions. Tracking movement of horses and dogs with the Pebble Watch was successful with horses but not with dogs. Besides the breed and behavior of the animal, weather conditions and the way of attaching the Pebble influenced the measurement quality. In summary, the experiment indicates that there might be a connection between the heart rate (BPM), the average movement (VMC), and the mood data (pleasance and activation) of an animal and its owner during training sessions.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17238-1_10

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