DocumentCode :
123241
Title :
Actions speak louder than looks: Does robot appearance affect human reactions to robot protest and distress?
Author :
Briggs, Gordon ; Gessell, Bryce ; Dunlap, Matt ; Scheutz, Matthias
Author_Institution :
Human-Robot Interaction Lab., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA, USA
fYear :
2014
fDate :
25-29 Aug. 2014
Firstpage :
1122
Lastpage :
1127
Abstract :
People will eventually be exposed to robotic agents that may protest their commands for a wide range of reasons. We present an experiment designed to determine whether a robot´s appearance has a significant effect on the amount of agency people ascribed to it and its ability to dissuade a human operator from forcing it to carry out a specific command. Participants engage in a human-robot interaction (HRI) with either a small humanoid or non-humanoid robot that verbally protests a command. Initial results indicate that humanoid appearance does not significantly affect the behavior of human operators in the task. Agency ratings given to the robots were also not significantly affected.
Keywords :
human-robot interaction; humanoid robots; mobile robots; human behavior; human reactions; human-robot interaction; humanoid appearance; humanoid robots; nonhumanoid robot; robot appearance; robot distress; robot protest; robotic agents; Context; Educational robots; Ethics; Poles and towers; Robot sensing systems; Switches;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2014 RO-MAN: The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6763-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2014.6926402
Filename :
6926402
Link To Document :
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