Authors
Yixiao Wang, François Guimbretière, Keith Evan Green
Publication date
2020
Conference
2020 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Pages
1230-1235
Publisher
IEEE
Description
Novel, "space-making" robots have potential to redefine physical space and the human activities occurring in it. Categorically distinct from many robots and far removed from humanoids, space-making robots are not objects in space, not anthropomorphic, not animal-like, not mobile, but instead, integral with the physical environment, embedded in or forming walls, ceilings, floors, partitions, vehicle interiors, and building envelopes. Given their distinctiveness, space-making robots offer a novel human-machine interaction. This paper investigates whether users perceive space-making robots as agents— artificial social actors characterized by the capacity for intelligence, recognition, and intention. Results of an in-lab experiment with 11 participants and an online, between-group experiment with 120 participants show that people attribute agency metrics of intelligence, intention, recognition, cooperation, collaboration …
Scholar articles
Y Wang, F Guimbretière, KE Green - 2020 29th IEEE international conference on robot and …, 2020