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Measuring Human-Animal Interaction with Smartwatches: An Initial Experiment

Authors : Katharina Stolz, Teresa Heyder, Peter A. Gloor, Oliver Posegga

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Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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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.

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Metadata
Title
Measuring Human-Animal Interaction with Smartwatches: An Initial Experiment
Authors
Katharina Stolz
Teresa Heyder
Peter A. Gloor
Oliver Posegga
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17238-1_10