Introducing Children and Young People with Sight Loss to Social Robots: A Preliminary Workshop

Isobel Voysey; Carl Bettosi; Emilyann Nault; Shenando Stals; Lynne Baillie

doi:10.1145/3568294.3580111

Introducing Children and Young People with Sight Loss to Social Robots: A Preliminary Workshop

Isobel Voysey, Carl Bettosi, Emilyann Nault, Shenando Stals, Lynne Baillie

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Abstract

Meaningful first-time interactions between humans and robots are important for learning functionality, shaping impressions, and building trust. Additionally, robots should be an inclusive tool, accessible to all, yet typical introductory human-robot interactions rely heavily on the human's visual perceptions. For children and young people with sight loss, this is can be problematic. Therefore, we present a preliminary workshop with four children and young people with sight loss in order to begin investigating how this population learns about social robots for the first time, their overall impressions of social robots, and whether games could assist in creating positive first-time interactions. Our initial findings reveal the importance of promoting tactile exploration, clarifying safety aspects, and careful consideration of the communication of robot emotion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HRI '23: Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	384-388
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781450399708
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3580111
Publication status	Published - 13 Mar 2023
Event	18th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2023 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 13 Mar 2023 → 16 Mar 2023

Conference

Conference	18th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2023
Abbreviated title	HRI 2023
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	13/03/23 → 16/03/23

Keywords

haptics
sight loss
social robots
visual impairment
workshop

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Voysey, I, Bettosi, C , Nault, E , Stals, S & Baillie, L 2023, Introducing Children and Young People with Sight Loss to Social Robots: A Preliminary Workshop. in HRI '23: Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 384-388, 18th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2023, Stockholm, Sweden, 13/03/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3580111

Introducing Children and Young People with Sight Loss to Social Robots: A Preliminary Workshop. / Voysey, Isobel; Bettosi, Carl ; Nault, Emilyann et al.
HRI '23: Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. p. 384-388.

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