The Influence of Approach Speed and Functional Noise on Users’ Perception of a Robot

Proceedinga of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), November 3-7, 2013. Tokyo, Japan

Posted: 19 Apr 2017

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Manja Lohse

Human Media Interaction (HMI)

Niels van Berkel

University of Oulu

Betsy van Dijk

Human Media Interaction (HMI)

Michiel Joosse

Human Media Interaction (HMI)

Daphne Karreman

Human Media Interaction (HMI)

Vanessa Evers

Human Media Interaction (HMI)

Date Written: November 3, 2013

Abstract

How a robot approaches a person greatly determines the interaction that follows. This is particularly relevant when the person has never interacted with the robot before. In human communication, we exchange a multitude of multimodal signals to communicate our intent while we approach others. However, most robots do not have the capabilities to produce such signals and easily communicate their intent. In this paper we propose to communicate intent when a robot approaches a person through functional noise and approach speed. Both were manipulated in a between-subjects experiment (N=40) either slowly increasing at the start of the approach and slowly decreasing when the robot reached the human or maximized at the start and abruptly stopped at the end of the approach. We analyzed questionnaires and video data from the interaction and found that particularly functional noise that in-/decreased in volume was helpful to communicate the robot’s intent but only in congruence with an in-/decreasing velocity.

Keywords: Human-Robot Interaction, Small Groups, Robot Gaze, Robot Noise, Experiment

JEL Classification: C93, O39

Suggested Citation

Lohse, Manja and van Berkel, Niels and van Dijk, Betsy and Joosse, Michiel and Karreman, Daphne and Evers, Vanessa, The Influence of Approach Speed and Functional Noise on Users’ Perception of a Robot (November 3, 2013). Proceedinga of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), November 3-7, 2013. Tokyo, Japan, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2954041

Manja Lohse

Human Media Interaction (HMI) ( email )

Drienerlolaan 5
Enschede, NB 7522
Netherlands

Niels Van Berkel

University of Oulu ( email )

P.O. Box 4600
Oulu FIN-90014, 90570
Finland

Betsy Van Dijk (Contact Author)

Human Media Interaction (HMI) ( email )

Drienerlolaan 5
Enschede, NB 7522
Netherlands

Michiel Joosse

Human Media Interaction (HMI) ( email )

Drienerlolaan 5
Enschede, NB 7522
Netherlands

Daphne Karreman

Human Media Interaction (HMI) ( email )

Drienerlolaan 5
Enschede, NB 7522
Netherlands

Vanessa Evers

Human Media Interaction (HMI) ( email )

Drienerlolaan 5
Enschede, NB 7522
Netherlands

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