Intention Signaling for Mobile Social Service Robots - The Example of Plant Watering

Palinko, Oskar; Graf, Philipp; Naik, Lakshadeep; Lefeuvre, Kevin; Zarp, Christian Sønderskov; Krüger, Norbert

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-90525-5_74

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“…The propeller indicates speed—moving accordingly in speed—and direction of the ship—by pointing into the opposite direction. A previous study with a preliminary prototype of the PWR had found that the approach of conveying the intended movement direction of the robot via such additional elements ( Palinko et al, 2021 ) was understood well by viewers. The radar rotates when searching for plant pots.…”

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Distributed agency in HRI—an exploratory study of a narrative robot design

Graf,

Zarp-Falden,

Naik

et al. 2024

Front. Robot. AI

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We explore an alternative approach to the design of robots that deviates from the common envisionment of having one unified agent. What if robots are depicted as an agentic ensemble where agency is distributed over different components? In the project presented here, we investigate the potential contributions of this approach to creating entertaining and joyful human-robot interaction (HRI), which also remains comprehensible to human observers. We built a service robot—which takes care of plants as a Plant-Watering Robot (PWR)—that appears as a small ship controlled by a robotic captain accompanied by kinetic elements. The goal of this narrative design, which utilizes a distributed agency approach, is to make the robot entertaining to watch and foster its acceptance. We discuss the robot’s design rationale and present observations from an exploratory study in two contrastive settings, on a university campus and in a care home for people with dementia, using a qualitative video-based approach for analysis. Our observations indicate that such a design has potential regarding the attraction, acceptance, and joyfulness it can evoke. We discuss aspects of this design approach regarding the field of elderly care, limitations of our study, and identify potential fields of use and further scopes for studies.

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Distributed agency in HRI—an exploratory study of a narrative robot design

Graf,

Zarp-Falden,

Naik

et al. 2024

Front. Robot. AI

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“…By doing so, we aim to evoke varying ascriptions of agency to different parts of the robot. Viewers are thereby offered a different interaction script, where they can focus on evaluating its mode of signaling in a videobased study [9]. We here add detail on the underlying notion of 'robot of theatre' and, by presenting both approaches, allow a comparison.…”

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“…A first prototype with a 3D-printed shell was built to test elementary functions, such as the orientation signalling by the My Keepon and the propeller [9]. The shell of the prototype was printed on a smaller scale due to manufacturing constraints.…”

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Designing A Robot for Elderly Care Homes based on the Notion of ‘Robot as Theatre’

Lefeuvre

Graf

Hornecker

2021

20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

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Robots are predominantly thought of as monolithic, unitary actors: they are almost always designed as having a clearly defined body. We rethink this concept of a unified and coherently embodied robot with the example context of elderly care. We explore alternative design spaces for robots in care that open up new modes of interaction for residents and caregivers. We present design studies that explore this notion based on the development of a plant-watering robotic ensemble. The ensemble consists of various elements that inform interacting persons about the robot's task and its role in a storytelling or poetic way. We show how we further explored this idea of a 'robot as theatre' in two different configurations -one agentic and one diorama -and a version that integrates feedback from focus groups with care experts.

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Intention Signaling for Mobile Social Service Robots - The Example of Plant Watering

Cited by 2 publications

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Distributed agency in HRI—an exploratory study of a narrative robot design

Distributed agency in HRI—an exploratory study of a narrative robot design

Designing A Robot for Elderly Care Homes based on the Notion of ‘Robot as Theatre’

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