What is a robot companion - friend, assistant or butler?

Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Woods, Sarah; Kaouri, C.; Walters, Michael L.; Koay, Kheng Lee; Werry, Iain

doi:10.1109/iros.2005.1545189

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“…for each video. Here the clear winners are the natural transitions (4)(5)(6). In each of the small, medium and large cases the natural transition smile is rated higher than either the corresponding static or sudden transition options.…”

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“…A previous study of people's expectations of a robot companion indicated that a large proportion of the participants in the test were in favour of a robot companion, especially one that could communicate in a human-like way [6]. Human-like behaviour and appearance were also considered important, but less so than human-like communication.…”

Section: B Designing Robots For Usersmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Perception of Robot Smiles and Dimensions for Human-Robot Interaction Design

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Appleby

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ROMAN 2006 - The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

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Abstract-As robots enter everyday life and start to interact with ordinary people the question of their appearance becomes increasingly important. Our perception of a robot can be strongly influenced by its facial appearance. Synthesizing relevant ideas from narrative art design, the psychology of face recognition, and recent HRI studies into robot faces, we discuss effects of the uncanny valley and the use of iconicity and its relationship to the self-other perceptive divide, as well as abstractness and realism, classifying existing designs along these dimensions. A new expressive HRI research robot called KASPAR is introduced and the results of a preliminary study on human perceptions of robot expressions are discussed. I. MOTIVATIONSIt is an exciting time in robotics. Personal service robots, so long the science fiction dream, are becoming reality and are for sale to general consumers. Currently their uses are limited, but capabilities are improving, costs are coming down and sales are growing. In addition robots are finding a new place in society as toys, artificial pets [20], security guards, teachers [10], tour guides [24] and in search and rescue. They are finding use in areas as diverse as autism therapy [22], space exploration and research into cognition and biological systems [23]. A. RobotCubOne such research project that we are involved in at Hertfordshire is RobotCub, a multinational European project to build a humanoid child-size robot for use in embodied cognitive development research [23]. The RobotCub consortium consists of 11 core partners from Europe with collaborators in America and Japan, and the institutions involved are each working on specific areas of the robot design, engineering, developmental psychology and human-robot interaction. The software APIs and hardware plans will be published under open-source licenses, with the aim of creating a community using a common platform for robotic and cognitive research. B. Designing Robots for UsersA previous study of people's expectations of a robot companion indicated that a large proportion of the participants in the test were in favour of a robot companion, especially one that could communicate in a human-like way [6]. Human-like behaviour and appearance were also considered important, but less so than human-like communication. II. CONSIDERING DESIGN A. The Extended Uncanny ValleyThe effect of the aesthetic design of a robot is an area that has often been neglected, and only in visual science fiction media or recently with the advent of commercial household robots has it been paid much attention. A notable exception is the 'uncanny valley' proposed by Masahiro Mori in the late 1970's [17], [5]. Mori proposed that the acceptance of a humanoid robot increases as realism increases. However there comes a point where, as the robot approaches perfect realism, the effect becomes instead very disturbing and acceptance plunges, because the robot starts to look not quite human or at worst like a moving corpse (Fig. 1). In theory the realism of both ap...

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Section: B Resultsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: B Designing Robots For Usersmentioning

confidence: 96%

Perception of Robot Smiles and Dimensions for Human-Robot Interaction Design

Blow

Dautenhahn

Appleby

et al. 2006

ROMAN 2006 - The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

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“…Dautenhahn et al (2005) reports that 71% of respondents to a questionnaire in a user study on robot companions stated that they would like the robot to communicate in a more human-like manner, whereas only 36% wanted it to behave more human-like, and 29% wished for it to appear more human-like. As there are no fully functional human-like systems to demonstrate, such responses are by necessity elicited by posing hypothetical questions.…”

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Towards human-like spoken dialogue systems

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Gustafson²,

Heldner³

et al. 2008

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“…INTRODUCTION Research in the field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) has recently received significant attention, especially in the areas of assisting people in their daily activities [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Many researchers believe such robots should behave in a socially acceptable manner in order to gain acceptability in human-inhabited social environments [8][9][10][11][12].…”

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Living with Robots: Investigating the Habituation Effect in Participants' Preferences During a Longitudinal Human-Robot Interaction Study

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Syrdal

Walters

et al. 2007

RO-MAN 2007 - The 16th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

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Abstract-This paper presents and discusses a longitudinal study which investigated habituation effects between humans and robots over a period of five weeks. Participants' preferences for the robot's approach distance with respect to its approach direction and appearance were investigated in a variety of domestic scenarios. These human-robot interaction (HRI) scenarios were also designed to explore the notions of autonomy and control.The results of this study show that participants' preferences change over time as the participants habituate to the robot. This trend was significant in terms of the robot's appearance and approach direction. Also, it seems to indicate that participants who are accustomed to the robot prefer to be more 'in control' of the situation -in that they appreciated reduced robot autonomy in case of unexpected events.

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What is a robot companion - friend, assistant or butler?

Cited by 403 publications

References 15 publications

Perception of Robot Smiles and Dimensions for Human-Robot Interaction Design

Perception of Robot Smiles and Dimensions for Human-Robot Interaction Design

Towards human-like spoken dialogue systems

Living with Robots: Investigating the Habituation Effect in Participants' Preferences During a Longitudinal Human-Robot Interaction Study

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