Playing catch with robots: Incorporating social gestures into physical interactions

Elizabeth J. Carter; Michael N. Mistry; G. Peter K Carr; Brooke A. Kelly; Jessica K. Hodgins

doi:10.1109/ROMAN.2014.6926258

Playing catch with robots: Incorporating social gestures into physical interactions

Elizabeth J. Carter, Michael N. Mistry, G. Peter K Carr, Brooke A. Kelly, Jessica K. Hodgins

Computer Science

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Abstract

For compelling human-robot interaction, social gestures are widely believed to be important. This paper investigates the effects of adding gestures to a physical game between a human and a humanoid robot. Human participants repeatedly threw a ball to the robot, which attempted to catch it. If the catch was successful, the robot threw the ball back to the human. For half of the cases in which the catch was unsuccessful, the robot made a physical gesture, such as shrugging its shoulders, shaking its head, or throwing up its hands. In the other half of cases, no gestures were produced. We used questionnaires and smile detection to compare participants' feelings about the robot when it made gestures after failure versus when it did not. Participants smiled more and rated the robot as more engaging, responsive, and humanlike when it gestured. We conclude that social gesturing of a robot enhances physical interactions between humans and robots.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	231-236
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781479967636
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2014.6926258
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2014
Event	23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, IEEE RO-MAN 2014 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 25 Aug 2014 → 29 Aug 2014

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Conference	23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, IEEE RO-MAN 2014
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	25/08/14 → 29/08/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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Carter, E. J., Mistry, M. N., Carr, G. P. K., Kelly, B. A., & Hodgins, J. K. (2014). Playing catch with robots: Incorporating social gestures into physical interactions. In Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (pp. 231-236). Article 6926258 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2014.6926258

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Carter, EJ, Mistry, MN, Carr, GPK, Kelly, BA & Hodgins, JK 2014, Playing catch with robots: Incorporating social gestures into physical interactions. in Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication., 6926258, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 231-236, 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, IEEE RO-MAN 2014, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 25/08/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2014.6926258

Playing catch with robots: Incorporating social gestures into physical interactions. / Carter, Elizabeth J.; Mistry, Michael N.; Carr, G. Peter K et al.
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