Play Dynamics in a Collaborative Game with a Robot as a Play-Mediator

Negin Azizi; Kevin Fan; Melanie Jouaiti; Kerstin Dautenhahn

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_37

Play Dynamics in a Collaborative Game with a Robot as a Play-Mediator

Negin Azizi^*, Kevin Fan, Melanie Jouaiti, Kerstin Dautenhahn

^*Corresponding author for this work

Computer Science

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Abstract

While game-play is widely used in HRI, using a robot as a play-mediator, where two individuals interact with each other through a robot, has not been fully studied yet. However, understanding the play dynamics of this type of game is an important step towards designing an engaging experience. In this work, participants played two collaborative games which involved teleoperating a mobile robot. Each game consisted in achieving the same task but involved two different collaboration strategies: one where the players shared tasks and one where joint action was necessary. In this paper, we focus on how both players collaborated with each other in terms of coordination and communication using video and joystick data.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Robotics
Subtitle of host publication	14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part II
Editors	Filippo Cavallo, John-John Cabibihan, Laura Fiorini, Alessandra Sorrentino, Hongsheng He, Xiaorui Liu, Yoshio Matsumoto, Shuzhi Sam Ge
Publisher	Springer
Pages	415-426
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031246708
ISBN (Print)	9783031246692
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_37
Publication status	Published - 2 Feb 2023
Event	14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022 - Florence, Italy Duration: 13 Dec 2022 → 16 Dec 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13818 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	13/12/22 → 16/12/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments. We thank all the participants who willingly participated. This research was undertaken, in part, thanks to funding from the Canada 150 Research Chairs Program.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Cooperative game
Coordination
Engagement
Teleoperation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Azizi, N., Fan, K., Jouaiti, M., & Dautenhahn, K. (2023). Play Dynamics in a Collaborative Game with a Robot as a Play-Mediator. In F. Cavallo, J.-J. Cabibihan, L. Fiorini, A. Sorrentino, H. He, X. Liu, Y. Matsumoto, & S. S. Ge (Eds.), Social Robotics: 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part II (pp. 415-426). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13818 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_37

Azizi, Negin ; Fan, Kevin ; Jouaiti, Melanie et al. / Play Dynamics in a Collaborative Game with a Robot as a Play-Mediator. Social Robotics: 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part II. editor / Filippo Cavallo ; John-John Cabibihan ; Laura Fiorini ; Alessandra Sorrentino ; Hongsheng He ; Xiaorui Liu ; Yoshio Matsumoto ; Shuzhi Sam Ge. Springer, 2023. pp. 415-426 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Azizi, N, Fan, K, Jouaiti, M & Dautenhahn, K 2023, Play Dynamics in a Collaborative Game with a Robot as a Play-Mediator. in F Cavallo, J-J Cabibihan, L Fiorini, A Sorrentino, H He, X Liu, Y Matsumoto & SS Ge (eds), Social Robotics: 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13818 LNAI, Springer, pp. 415-426, 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, 13/12/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_37

Play Dynamics in a Collaborative Game with a Robot as a Play-Mediator. / Azizi, Negin; Fan, Kevin; Jouaiti, Melanie et al.
Social Robotics: 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part II. ed. / Filippo Cavallo; John-John Cabibihan; Laura Fiorini; Alessandra Sorrentino; Hongsheng He; Xiaorui Liu; Yoshio Matsumoto; Shuzhi Sam Ge. Springer, 2023. p. 415-426 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13818 LNAI).

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