Title :
Exploring the desirable correspondence between robot appearance and interaction types
Author :
Shin, Eunmee ; Kwak, Sonya S. ; Kim, Myung Suk
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Design, KAIST, Daejeon
Abstract :
The objective of this study is to examine the desirable correspondence between a robot appearance and its interaction. Based on Balespsila interaction process analysis (IPA), the four types of interaction were extracted; agree, question, suggestion, and disagree. An experiment was conducted with a 4 (robot appearance types from the previous research) times 4 (interaction types from IPA) within-groups factorial design. In the experiment, participants took part in a task that involved selecting colors corresponding to 16 given words with a robot. After completing each task, they evaluated each robot. The evaluation results on subjectspsila impressions of the robot and on the relationship between a user and a robot provided the proper and improper matches between robot appearance types and interaction types. Both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic robots were well-matched with agree or question while they were ill-matched with suggestion or disagree, caricatured robots displayed a desirable correspondence with agree while they showed improper correspondence with question; functional robots were compatible with all interaction types except disagree.
Keywords :
humanoid robots; man-machine systems; mobile robots; user interfaces; Bale interaction process analysis; anthropomorphic robot; factorial design; robot appearance; robot interaction; zoomorphic robot; Anthropomorphism; Head; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Leg; Legged locomotion; Manipulators; Mobile robots; Service robots; Tail;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2008. RO-MAN 2008. The 17th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2212-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2213-5
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2008.4600676