Robin Palmberg

Dr. Robin Palmberg is a postdoc working on combining traditional study design methods in human-computer interaction with emerging implicit data collection methods revolving around biometric and behavioural data. During his PhD, his main focus was to utilise heart rate monitors to understand the cognitive load of road users, both in real-world environments as well as in digital environments, which were mimicking their real-life counterparts. He has a background in Human-Computer Interaction, focusing on Multimodal Interaction, Internet of Things, and Computer Graphics.

Projects

2017-2019 NOESIS - Novel Decision Support tool for Evaluating Strategic Big Data investments in Transport and Intelligent Mobility Services (Funded through Horizon 2020 nr 769980)

2019-2021 MERGEN - Multi-purpose biometric Evaluation Research-tool Grounded in Emerging Network technologies (Funded through ITRL)

2016 ProsocialLearn (Funded through Horizon 2020 nr 644204)

Positions

2025-active Postdoc at ESAL, KTH

2019-2025 Doctoral Student at ITRL, KTH

2017-2019 Research Student at SEC, KTH

2016-2017 Research Engineer at VIC, KTH

Education

2011-2016 Master of Science in Engineering in Media Technology

2014-2016 Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction

2011-2014 Bachelor of Science in Media Technology

Publications

First Author

(Just accepted, will soon be published through Elsevier)
Palmberg, R. C. O., Su, S., Fidler, M., Nybacka, M., Susilo, Y. O., & Gidófalvi, G. (2025). Designing and trialling a fully implicit data collector for eye- and head-tracking. International Steering Committee for Transport Survey Conferences. https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-368104
Palmberg, R. C. O., Susilo, Y. O., Gidófalvi, G., Naqavi, F., & Nybacka, M. (2022). Towards a better understanding of the health impacts of one’s movement in space and time. Journal of Location Based Services, 16(4), 288–311. https://doi.org/10.1080/17489725.2021.2009051
Palmberg, R. C. O., Susilo, Y. O., Gidófalvi, G., & Naqavi, F. (2021). Built Environment Characteristics, Daily Travel, and Biometric Readings: Creation of an Experimental Tool Based on a Smartwatch Platform. Sustainability, 13(17), 9993. https://doi.org/10.3390/SU13179993
Palmberg, R., Peters, C., & Qureshi, A. (2017). When facial expressions dominate emotion perception in groups of virtual characters. 2017 9th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2017 - Proceedings, 157–160. https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2017.8056588

Co-author

Fidler, M., Palmberg, R. C. O., Su, S., & Susilo, Y. (2025). Establishing an external validity of virtual environments in a micro-mobility context. Transportation, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-025-10602-z
Zhao, L., Nybacka, M., Drugge, L., Mårtensson, J., Vyas, S., Savant, C., Zhang, W., & Palmberg, R. (2022). Study of Different Steering Feedback Models Influence During Remote Driving. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 836–853. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07305-2_78
Yang, F., Li, C., Palmberg, R., van der Heide, E., & Peters, C. (2017). Expressive virtual characters for social demonstration games. 2017 9th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2017 - Proceedings, 217–224. https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2017.8056604

Conference Contributions

2019 Uncovering Effects of Spatial and Transportation Elements on Travellers Using Biometric Data - 15th biennial NECTAR conference University of Helsinki, Finland 5-7 June 2019

2019 Developing and trialling an implicit interaction platform to monitor and aiding dementia travellers - Mobile Apps and Sensors in Surveys (MASS) Workshop, 4-5 March, Mannheim, Germany

2018 Enabling Technologies to Serve the Ageing Urban Society Better (ENTRUST) - Ny teknik i äldreomsorgen 24 maj 2018 Stockholm

Achievements & miscellaneous

2019 TEDx Talk

About the importance of modern technology when helping the elderly in our society.
More about the presentation here: YouTube

2017 Elected winner in the Ultimaker Education Challenge

The Ultimaker Education Challenge is a competition for teachers in 3D-printing where you submit a plan for a lecture combining your field of work with 3D printing. I combined Computer Game Design with the printing of tangible objects for new ways of interacting with games. The prize is a 3D printer (an Ultimaker 3), supplies for a year, a course for this particular printer as well as a diploma.. The printer will help us in the courses we give in VIC where we let the students explore new ways of interaction.
More about the competition here: Ultimaker