Do as I say : exploring human response to a predictable and unpredictable robot

Omar Mubin, Christoph Bartneck

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[Humans are known to feel engaged and at the same time apprehensive when presented with unpredictable behaviour of other agents or humans. Predictable behaviour is thought to be reliable but boring. We argue that is imperative to evaluate human response to (un)predictable robots for a better understanding of Human Robot Interaction Scenarios, manipulated across robot embodiment. The results of our controlled experiment with 23 participants showed that pre- dictable robot behaviour resulted in more patience on behalf of the user and robot embodiment had no signifficant effect. In conclusion, we also discuss the importance of robot role on the perception of predictability in robot behaviour.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the British HCI Conference 2015, July 13-17, 2015, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK
    PublisherACM Press
    Pages110-116
    Number of pages7
    ISBN (Print)9781450336437
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    EventBritish Human Computer Interaction Conference -
    Duration: 13 Jul 2015 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceBritish Human Computer Interaction Conference
    Period13/07/15 → …

    Keywords

    • computing
    • human engineering
    • human-robot interaction

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