“I would like to get close to you”: Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue

Stefan Daniel Suvei; Jered Vroon; Vella V. Somoza Sanchéz; Leon Bodenhagen; Gwenn Englebienne; Norbert Krüger; Vanessa Evers

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92052-8_29

“I would like to get close to you”: Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue

Stefan Daniel Suvei^*, Jered Vroon, Vella V. Somoza Sanchéz, Leon Bodenhagen, Gwenn Englebienne, Norbert Krüger, Vanessa Evers

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How can a social robot get physically close to the people it needs to interact with? We investigated the effect of a social gaze cue by a human-sized mobile robot on the effects of personal space invasion by that robot. In our 2× 2 between-subject experiment, our robot would approach our participants (n = 83), with/without personal space invasion, and with/without a social gaze cue. With a questionnaire, we measured subjective perception of warmth, competence, and comfort after such an interaction. In addition, we used on-board sensors and a tracking system to measure the dynamics of social positioning behavior. While we did find significant differences in the social positioning dynamics of the participants, no such effect was found upon quantitative analysis of perception of the robot. In a subsequent inductive analysis we further investigated these results, our findings suggesting that the social cue did play a role for the participants – particularly related to their perceived safety.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Virtual, Augmented, and Intelligent Environments - 12th International Conference, UAHCI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings
Editors	Margherita Antona, Constantine Stephanidis
Publisher	Springer
Pages	366-385
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9783319920511
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92052-8_29
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	12th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2018 - Las Vegas, United States Duration: 15 Jul 2018 → 20 Jul 2018 Conference number: 12

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10908 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	12th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2018
Abbreviated title	UAHCI 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas
Period	15/07/18 → 20/07/18
Other	Held as Part of HCI International 2018

Keywords

Personal space invasion
Social cues
Social robotics

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Suvei, S. D., Vroon, J., Somoza Sanchéz, V. V., Bodenhagen, L., Englebienne, G., Krüger, N., & Evers, V. (2018). “I would like to get close to you”: Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue. In M. Antona, & C. Stephanidis (Eds.), Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Virtual, Augmented, and Intelligent Environments - 12th International Conference, UAHCI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings (pp. 366-385). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10908 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92052-8_29

Suvei, Stefan Daniel ; Vroon, Jered ; Somoza Sanchéz, Vella V. et al. / “I would like to get close to you” : Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue. Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Virtual, Augmented, and Intelligent Environments - 12th International Conference, UAHCI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings. editor / Margherita Antona ; Constantine Stephanidis. Springer, 2018. pp. 366-385 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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“I would like to get close to you”: Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue. / Suvei, Stefan Daniel; Vroon, Jered; Somoza Sanchéz, Vella V. et al.
Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Virtual, Augmented, and Intelligent Environments - 12th International Conference, UAHCI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings. ed. / Margherita Antona; Constantine Stephanidis. Springer, 2018. p. 366-385 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10908 LNCS).

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