Robots as assistive technology - does appearance matter?

Robins, Ben; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Boerkhorst, R. te; Billard, Aude

doi:10.1109/roman.2004.1374773

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“…This may mean that it is not necessary for robot designers to be overly concerned with how low-EQ populations (e.g., Asperger's) will accept a particular robot based on its physical appearance. However, that notion ought not be extended to all autstic people, as Robins et al showed that severely autistic children prefer featureless, non human-like robots during play [21].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Empathizing with robots: Fellow feeling along the anthropomorphic spectrum

Riek

Rabinowitch

Chakrabarti

et al. 2009

2009 3rd International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and Workshops

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A long-standing question within the robotics community is about the degree of human-likeness robots ought to have when interacting with humans. We explore an unexamined aspect of this problem: how people empathize with robots along the anthropomorphic spectrum. We conducted a webbased experiment (n = 120) that measured how people empathized with four different robots shown to be experiencing mistreatment by humans. Our results indicate that people empathize more strongly with more human-looking robots and less with mechanical looking robots. We also found that a person's general ability to empathize has no predictive value for expressed empathy toward robots.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Empathizing with robots: Fellow feeling along the anthropomorphic spectrum

Riek

Rabinowitch

Chakrabarti

et al. 2009

2009 3rd International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and Workshops

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“…An increasing number of research institutions are investigating the use of robots as tools for intervention and therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), including the University of Hertfordshire [77,78,76], the Université de Sherbrooke [66,81], the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology [56], the University of Southern California [34], and the University of Washington [88].The goal of these systems is typically to use robots as catalysts for social behavior in order to stimulate and train social and communicative behaviors of children with ASD for either assessment or therapeutic purposes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire have conducted several observational studies with children with ASD [77]. In one such study, four children interacted with Robota, a robot doll, over a period of several months.…”

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confidence: 99%

Performance Evaluation Methods for Assistive Robotic Technology

Tsui

Feil-Seifer

Matarić

et al. 2009

Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Intelligent Systems

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Robots have been developed for several assistive technology domains, including intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders, eldercare, and post-stroke rehabilitation. Assistive robots have also been used to promote independent living through the use of devices such as intelligent wheelchairs, assistive robotic arms, and external limb prostheses. Work in the broad field of assistive robotic technology can be divided into two major research phases: technology development, in which new devices, software, and interfaces are created; and clinical, in which assistive technology is applied to a given end-user population. Moving from technology development towards clinical applications is a significant challenge. Developing performance metrics for assistive robots poses a related set of challenges. In this paper, we survey several areas of assistive robotic technology in order to derive and demonstrate domain-specific means for evaluating the performance of such systems. We also present two case studies of applied performance measures and a discussion regarding the ubiquity of functional performance measures across the sampled domains. Finally, we present guidelines for incorporating human performance metrics into end-user evaluations of assistive robotic technologies.

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“…Based on the results of our previous study into robot appearance suitable for children with autism, [8,9], the robot was dressed in a plain costume, and had simplified head features (i.e. short simple hair style, plain, lips and deemed colour eye-lashes).…”

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“…Given this specific context, we conduct trials within a rather broad context (compared to studies in experimental HRI research), exploring the interaction space involving children with autism and a robot interacting in a familiar and relatively unconstrained environment. In our previous work, we used both quantitative [8][9][10] as well as qualitative evaluation techniques [11]. The former adapted methods of quantitative observational analysis commonly used in psychology and ethology.…”

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confidence: 99%

Robots as embodied beings - interactionally sensitive body movements in interactions among autistic children and a robot

Robins

Dickerson

Dautenhahn

ROMAN 2005. IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2005.

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-The general context of the work presented in this paper is assistive robotics with our long-term aim to support children with autism. This paper is part of an investigation into what ways and to what extent a robot can assume the role of a social mediator -encouraging autistic children to interact with the robot, with each other and with co-present adults. The article provides a case study evaluation of segments of trials where four children with autism interacted with a robot as well as with each other. It focuses primarily on the ways in which the autistic children were found to skilfully orientate and reorientate their bodies in a way that was sensitive to the activities of the adult (such as requests and adjustments to the robot), the robot (its position and movement) and another child. Results are presented using an analysis of interaction informed by conversation analytic principles. The analysis showed how the children exhibited interaction skills where the robot served as a salient object mediating joint attention with other children.

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Robots as assistive technology - does appearance matter?

Abstract: This paper studies the eflect of a robot 's design (appearance)

Cited by 72 publications

References 10 publications

Empathizing with robots: Fellow feeling along the anthropomorphic spectrum

Empathizing with robots: Fellow feeling along the anthropomorphic spectrum

Performance Evaluation Methods for Assistive Robotic Technology

Robots as embodied beings - interactionally sensitive body movements in interactions among autistic children and a robot

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