Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the role of physical embodiment of a robot and its degrees of freedom in HRI. Both factors have been suggested to be relevant in definitions of embodiment, and so far we do not understand their effects on the way people interact with robots very well. Linguistic analyses of verbal interactions with robots differing with respect to physical embodiment and degrees of freedom provide a useful methodology to investigate factors conditioning human-robot interaction. Results show that both physical embodiment and degrees of freedom influence interaction, and that the effect of physical embodiment is located in the interpersonal domain, concerning in how far the robot is perceived as an interaction partner, whereas degrees of freedom influence the way users project the suitability of the robot for the current task.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | HRI '12: Proceedings of the seventh annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-Robot Interaction |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 463-470 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781450310635 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2012 |
Event | 7th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2012 - Boston, MA, United States Duration: 5 Mar 2012 → 8 Mar 2012 |
Conference
Conference | 7th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2012 |
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Abbreviated title | HRI'12 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Boston, MA |
Period | 5/03/12 → 8/03/12 |
Keywords
- degrees of freedom
- embodiment
- linguistic analysis
- robot simulation
- verbal human-robot interaction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Human-Computer Interaction