cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "<p>Recent advancements in AI have accelerated the evolution of versatile robot designs. Chess provides a standardized environment for evaluating the impact of robot behavior on human behavior. This article presents an open-source chess robot for human-robot interaction (HRI) research, specifically focusing on verbal and non-verbal interactions. The OpenChessRobot recognizes chess pieces using computer vision, executes moves, and interacts with the human player through voice and robotic gestures. We detail the software design, provide quantitative evaluations of the efficacy of the robot, and offer a guide for its reproducibility. An online survey examining people’s views of the robot in three possible scenarios was conducted with 597 participants. The robot received the highest ratings in the robotics education and the chess coach scenarios, while the home entertainment scenario received the lowest scores. The code is accessible on GitHub: https://github.com/renchizhhhh/OpenChessRobot</p>"
authors:
  - family-names: Zhang
    given-names: Renchi
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0684-7603"
  - family-names: de Winter
    given-names: Joost
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1281-8200"
  - family-names: Dodou
    given-names: Dimitra
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9428-3261"
  - family-names: Seyffert
    given-names: Harleigh
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0323-2096"
  - family-names: Eisma
    given-names: Yke Bauke
title: "Supplementary data for the paper &#39;An open-source reproducible chess robot for human-robot interaction research&#39;"
keywords:
version: 1
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/1cb5bf64-468e-462a-a82e-c847d88a7a86.v1
license: CC BY 4.0
date-released: 2025-02-28