Robot etiquette: How to approach a pair of people?

Daphne Eleonora Karreman; Lex Utama; M.P. Joosse; M. Lohse; Elisabeth M.A.G. van Dijk; Vanessa Evers

doi:10.1145/2559636.2559839

Robot etiquette: How to approach a pair of people?

Daphne Eleonora Karreman, Lex Utama, M.P. Joosse, M. Lohse, Elisabeth M.A.G. van Dijk, Vanessa Evers

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Abstract

Research has been carried out on robots approaching one person [1, 3, 4]. However, further research is needed on robots approaching groups of people. In the study reported in this paper, we studied participants who were paired up for a task and assessed their perception and behaviors as they were approached by a robot from various angles. On an individual level, participants liked the frontal approaches, and they disliked being approached from the back. However, we found that the presence of a task-partner influenced participants’ comfort with a robot approaching (i.e. when the robot approaches and one is standing behind the task-partner). Apart from the positioning of the individuals, the layout of the room, position of furniture and doors, also seemed to influence their experience. This pilot study was performed with a limited number of participants (N=30). However, the study offers preliminary insights into the factors that influence the choice for a robot approach direction when approaching a pair of people that are focused on a task.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction, HRI 2014
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	196-197
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-2658-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2559636.2559839
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2014
Event	9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2014 - Bielefeld, Germany Duration: 3 Mar 2014 → 6 Mar 2014 Conference number: 9

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Name
Publisher	ACM

Conference

Conference	9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2014
Abbreviated title	HRI
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Bielefeld
Period	3/03/14 → 6/03/14

Keywords

EWI-25423
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/288235
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/2007-2013
multiple people
METIS-309726
comfort
Human Robot Interaction
approach direction
IR-94052
task oriented

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Karreman, DE, Utama, L, Joosse, MP, Lohse, M, van Dijk, EMAG & Evers, V 2014, Robot etiquette: How to approach a pair of people? in Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction, HRI 2014. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 196-197, 9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2014, Bielefeld, Germany, 3/03/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2559636.2559839

Robot etiquette: How to approach a pair of people? / Karreman, Daphne Eleonora; Utama, Lex; Joosse, M.P. et al.
Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction, HRI 2014. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. p. 196-197.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review