Abstract
It needs to be investigated how humanoid robots may affect people in the real world when they are employed to express the presence, a feel of being there, in tele-communication. We brought Telenoid, a tele-operated humanoid robot, into a classroom at an elementary school to see how schoolchildren respond to it. Our study is exploratory and we focused on the social aspects that might facilitate communication between schoolchildren. We found that Telenoid affected the way children work as group. They participated in the group work more positively, became more spontaneous, and differentiated their roles. We observed that Telenoid's limited capability led them to change their attitudes so that they could work together. The result suggests that the limited functionality may facilitate cooperation among participants in classroom setting.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Extended Abstracts - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 |
| Pages | 351-366 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 - Austin, TX, United States Duration: 2012 May 5 → 2012 May 10 |
Other
| Other | 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Austin, TX |
| Period | 12/5/5 → 12/5/10 |
Keywords
- android
- cooperation
- human interaction
- minimal design
- role differentiation
- tele-operation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design