Comparing backstories of a Socially Assistive Robot exercise buddy for adolescent youth

Swift-Spong, Katelyn; Wen, Cheng; Spruijt‐Metz, Donna; Matarić, Maja J.

doi:10.1109/roman.2016.7745233

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“…Participants exhibited the most smiling and laughing behaviors with Aibo framed as a puppy with no fur compared to a puppy with fur or a robot with no fur. The strong framing is consistent with previous human-robot interaction studies, which have shown that personification of a robot improves people’s engagement and positive perceptions of that robot [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 56 ].…”

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confidence: 88%

“…In terms of behavior, Aibo was enhanced with a complicated and unique behavior system that enables each Aibo robot to be unique in their internal “emotional states” [ 35 ]. Furthermore, extensive research has shown that framing the role, background, or origin of a robot can change how humans perceive and interact with it [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 ]. This may also be effective with Aibo as, for example, in Western society, dogs are already framed as “man’s best friend” [ 43 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Designing Man’s New Best Friend: Enhancing Human-Robot Dog Interaction through Dog-Like Framing and Appearance

Visser

Topoglu

Joshi

et al. 2022

Sensors

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To understand how to improve interactions with dog-like robots, we evaluated the importance of “dog-like” framing and physical appearance on interaction, hypothesizing multiple interactive benefits of each. We assessed whether framing Aibo as a puppy (i.e., in need of development) versus simply a robot would result in more positive responses and interactions. We also predicted that adding fur to Aibo would make it appear more dog-like, likable, and interactive. Twenty-nine participants engaged with Aibo in a 2 × 2 (framing × appearance) design by issuing commands to the robot. Aibo and participant behaviors were monitored per second, and evaluated via an analysis of commands issued, an analysis of command blocks (i.e., chains of commands), and using a T-pattern analysis of participant behavior. Participants were more likely to issue the “Come Here” command than other types of commands. When framed as a puppy, participants used Aibo’s dog name more often, praised it more, and exhibited more unique, interactive, and complex behavior with Aibo. Participants exhibited the most smiling and laughing behaviors with Aibo framed as a puppy without fur. Across conditions, after interacting with Aibo, participants felt Aibo was more trustworthy, intelligent, warm, and connected than at their initial meeting. This study shows the benefits of introducing a socially robotic agent with a particular frame and importance on realism (i.e., introducing the robot dog as a puppy) for more interactive engagement.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing Man’s New Best Friend: Enhancing Human-Robot Dog Interaction through Dog-Like Framing and Appearance

Visser

Topoglu

Joshi

et al. 2022

Sensors

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“…An online survey about hypothetical robot therapy for children with disruptive behavioural problems found that while the treatment was considered more acceptable than no treatment, it was less acceptable than internet-based treatment 31. Other publications conducted significance testing, but did not find significant effects 18 32…”

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Can social robots help children in healthcare contexts? A scoping review

Dawe

Sutherland

Barco

et al. 2019

bmjpo

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ObjectiveTo review research on social robots to help children in healthcare contexts in order to describe the current state of the literature and explore future directions for research and practice.DesignScoping review.Data sourcesEngineering Village, IEEE Xplore, Medline, PsycINFO and Scopus databases were searched up until 10 July 2017. Only publications written in English were considered. Identified publications were initially screened by title and abstract, and the full texts of remaining publications were then subsequently screened.Eligibility criteriaPublications were included if they were journal articles, conference proceedings or conference proceedings published as monographs that described the conceptualisation, development, testing or evaluation of social robots for use with children with any mental or physical health condition or disability. Publications on autism exclusively, robots for use with children without identified health conditions, physically assistive or mechanical robots, non-physical hardware robots and surgical robots were excluded.ResultsSeventy-three publications were included in the review, of which 50 included user studies with a range of samples. Most were feasibility studies with small sample sizes, suggesting that the robots were generally accepted. At least 26 different robots were used, with many of these still in development. The most commonly used robot was NAO. The evidence quality was low, with only one randomised controlled trial and a limited number of experimental designs.ConclusionsSocial robots hold significant promise and potential to help children in healthcare contexts, but higher quality research is required with experimental designs and larger sample sizes.

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“…There are studies investigating the motivational aspects of SAR systems in different HRI scenarios, for example, as an indoor cycling instructor [13], in cardiac rehabilitation [14], and a robot exercise buddy for overweight adolescents [15]; all three studies using the Nao robot in their experiments. Casas et al [14] presented an architecture that provided social support and assistance during cardiac rehabilitation.…”

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The Influence of Feedback Type in Robot-Assisted Training

Akalın

Kristoffersson

Loutfi

2019

MTI

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Robot-assisted training, where social robots can be used as motivational coaches, provides an interesting application area. This paper examines how feedback given by a robot agent influences the various facets of participant experience in robot-assisted training. Specifically, we investigated the effects of feedback type on robot acceptance, sense of safety and security, attitude towards robots and task performance. In the experiment, 23 older participants performed basic arm exercises with a social robot as a guide and received feedback. Different feedback conditions were administered, such as flattering, positive and negative feedback. Our results suggest that the robot with flattering and positive feedback was appreciated by older people in general, even if the feedback did not necessarily correspond to objective measures such as performance. Participants in these groups felt better about the interaction and the robot.

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Comparing backstories of a Socially Assistive Robot exercise buddy for adolescent youth

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Designing Man’s New Best Friend: Enhancing Human-Robot Dog Interaction through Dog-Like Framing and Appearance

Designing Man’s New Best Friend: Enhancing Human-Robot Dog Interaction through Dog-Like Framing and Appearance

Can social robots help children in healthcare contexts? A scoping review

The Influence of Feedback Type in Robot-Assisted Training

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