TY - GEN
T1 - Is hugging a robot weird? Investigating the influence of robot appearance on users' perception of hugging
AU - Trovato, Gabriele
AU - Do, Martin
AU - Terlemez, Ömer
AU - Mandery, Christian
AU - Ishii, Hiroyuki
AU - Bianchi-Berthouze, Nadia
AU - Asfour, Tamim
AU - Takanishi, Atsuo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/12/30
Y1 - 2016/12/30
N2 - Humanoid robots are expected to be able to communicate with humans using physical interaction, including hug, which is a common gesture of affection. In order to achieve that, their physical embodiment has to be carefully planned, as a user-friendly design will facilitate interaction and minimise repulsion. In this paper, we investigate the effect of manipulating the visual/tactile appearance of a robot, covering wires and metallic parts with clothes, and the auditory effect by enabling or disabling the connector of the hand. The experiment consists in a hugging interaction between the participants and the humanoid robot ARMAR-IIIb. Results after participation of 24 subjects confirm the positive effect from using clothes to modify the appearance and the negative effect of noise and vibration.
AB - Humanoid robots are expected to be able to communicate with humans using physical interaction, including hug, which is a common gesture of affection. In order to achieve that, their physical embodiment has to be carefully planned, as a user-friendly design will facilitate interaction and minimise repulsion. In this paper, we investigate the effect of manipulating the visual/tactile appearance of a robot, covering wires and metallic parts with clothes, and the auditory effect by enabling or disabling the connector of the hand. The experiment consists in a hugging interaction between the participants and the humanoid robot ARMAR-IIIb. Results after participation of 24 subjects confirm the positive effect from using clothes to modify the appearance and the negative effect of noise and vibration.
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U2 - 10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2016.7803295
DO - 10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2016.7803295
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85010222446
T3 - IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
SP - 318
EP - 323
BT - Humanoids 2016 - IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2016
Y2 - 15 November 2016 through 17 November 2016
ER -