Machine Body Language: Expressing a Smart Speaker’s Activity with Intelligible Physical Motion

Abstract

Findings: 6 Themes 1 | Mirroring, mimicking motions Dynamic Smart Speaker with Expressive Physical Motion User study Study participant Wizard-of-Oz lab study: 12 participants interacted with QUBI in 4 scripted scenarios + Questionnaire/interview Examples of expressive physical motion Nodding Wiggling Pointing QUBI 2 | Body language with voice 3 | Anthropomorphism 4 | Audio trumps motion 5 | Reaffirmations 6 | Emotional reactions Study environment QUBI, Wizard-of-Oz controlled 12 participants in total for study Interpretation of motionFigure 1: Visual abstract summarizing research of QUBI -a smart speaker design with multiple degrees of freedom for expressive physical motion, and key findings of our user study about people's interaction with QUBI.