Effects of Social Touch from an Agent in Virtual Space: Comparing Visual Stimuli and Virtual-Tactile Stimuli

Higashino, Kana; Kimoto, Mitsuhiko; Iio, Takamasa; Shimohara, Katsunori; Shiomi, Masahiro

doi:10.1109/ro-man47096.2020.9223333

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“…While social robotic studies have presented promising evidence in engaging dementia users in social activities, most researches on HRI with PWD were performed between a robot and a use/users alone, and only a few addresses how the context of interaction could potentially positively influence HRI experiences of PWD [20,28]. To our best knowledge, there has been limited research exploring HRI that incorporated contextual cues from a larger scale setting that attempts to engage PWD in a more sensory immersive experience with rich interaction possibilities [29].…”

Section: Context-enhanced Human-robot Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Context-Enhanced Human-Robot Interaction: Exploring the Role of System Interactivity and Multimodal Stimuli on the Engagement of People with Dementia

Feng

Perugia

et al. 2021

Int J of Soc Robotics

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Engaging people with dementia (PWD) in meaningful activities is the key to promote their quality of life. Design towards a higher level of user engagement has been extensively studied within the human-computer interaction community, however, few extend to PWD. It is generally considered that increased richness of experiences can lead to enhanced engagement. Therefore, this paper explores the effects of rich interaction in terms of the role of system interactivity and multimodal stimuli by engaging participants in context-enhanced human-robot interaction activities. The interaction with a social robot was considered context-enhanced due to the additional responsive sensory feedback from an augmented reality display. A field study was conducted in a Dutch nursing home with 16 residents. The study followed a two by two mixed factorial design with one within-subject variable - multimodal stimuli - and one between-subject variable - system interactivity. A mixed method of video coding analysis and observational rating scales was adopted to assess user engagement comprehensively. Results disclose that when additional auditory modality was included besides the visual-tactile stimuli, participants had significantly higher scores on attitude, more positive behavioral engagement during activity, and a higher percentage of communications displayed. The multimodal stimuli also promoted social interaction between participants and the facilitator. The findings provide sufficient evidence regarding the significant role of multimodal stimuli in promoting PWD’s engagement, which could be potentially used as a motivation strategy in future research to improve emotional aspects of activity-related engagement and social interaction with the human partner.

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Section: Context-enhanced Human-robot Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%