Title
Toward understanding social cues and signals in human-robot interaction: effects of robot gaze and proxemic behavior
Abbreviated Journal Title
Front. Psychol.
Keywords
human robot interaction; intention recognition; social signals; social; cues; social presence; theory of mind; emotion attribution; ENVIRONMENT; INTENTIONS; COGNITION; CHILDREN; EMOTION; SCALE; Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Abstract
As robots are increasingly deployed in settings requiring social interaction, research is needed to examine the social signals perceived by humans when robots display certain social cues. In this paper, we report a study designed to examine how humans interpret social cues exhibited by robots. We first provide a brief overview of perspectives from social cognition in humans and how these processes are applicable to human robot interaction (HRI). We then discuss the need to examine the relationship between social cues and signals as a function of the degree to which a robot is perceived as a socially present agent. We describe an experiment in which social cues were manipulated on an iRobot Ava (TM) mobile robotics platform in a hallway navigation scenario. Cues associated with the robot's proxemic behavior were found to significantly affect participant perceptions of the robot's social presence and emotional state while cues associated with the robot's gaze behavior were not found to be significant. Further, regardless of the proxemic behavior, participants attributed more social presence and emotional states to the robot over repeated interactions than when they first interacted with it. Generally, these results indicate the importance for HRI research to consider how social cues expressed by a robot can differentially affect perceptions of the robot's mental states and intentions. The discussion focuses on implications for the design of robotic systems and future directions for research on the relationship between social cues and signals.
Journal Title
Frontiers in Psychology
Volume
4
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
15
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1664-1078
Recommended Citation
"Toward understanding social cues and signals in human-robot interaction: effects of robot gaze and proxemic behavior" (2013). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 3977.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/3977
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