Autonomous · Multimodal · Experiment

AME — Autonomous Multimodal Experiment System. Video-chat experiments
that run without
an experimenter.

Design the routine, set the matching rule, and start the link. AME presents the stimuli, pairs the participants, records every stream and collects the responses while you are away.

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Jiahao Eric Yang, University of Bath Kita Sotaro, University of Warwick

Compose any routine. Run it autonomously.

Three families of element. Place them in a routine, declare which event each one fires, and the server runs the sequence.

Stimulus

Present text, image, audio, video, or a live video chat as one step in a timeline, not a standalone call.

textimagevideovideo chat

Response

Record the answer and the behaviour: buttons, keys, sliders, surveys, files, and webcam and microphone recordings.

buttonkeyboardsurveyrecorder

Monitor

Keep the session valid: body and face detection, speech, volume and timers that pause the experiment when a check fails.

body detectorface detectortimervolume

ROUTINE · study-2-main

text Instructions — read carefully 15s

video Stimulus clip A 00:42

recorder Webcam + mic

body-det Body pose monitor running

survey How engaged were you? 1–7 scale

timer Auto-advance 90s

Mix elements freely — stimulus, prompt, recorder, monitor, survey — inside one routine.

9 Routine types Layout and functional containers, from consent to video chat.

20 Element types Stimulus, capture and monitoring blocks you drop into a routine.

3 Matching strategies FIFO, condition-aware, or manual assignment — set per routine.

Unattended from consent to data.

Position checks, condition assignment, partner matching and uploads run in the browser and on the server. The experimenter reads the results.

Match participants into video chats by condition, by arrival order, or by hand-picked groups.
Pair a phone by QR code as a second camera or a controller.
Upload every video and audio stream in resumable chunks.
A participant who reconnects continues from the same step.

Enquiries about AME

Running a study you think AME could host, or want to know whether it fits your design? Send a note and the research team will reply.