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Expressive Motion in Simple Robotics
This thesis follows two studies performed with simple robots. The first follows a robot interacting with eight improvisers to create scenes and perform five isolated gestures (towards, away, sideways, spin, and circle) for interpretation. The second follows a group of three robots performing the same five isolated gestures at two different speeds with a participant size of 405. These two studies showed similar trends with away and sideways consistently having negative interpretations while spin had positive interpretations and circle and towards had varied responses. In the second study, it was found that toward was the only gesture where interpretations were dependent on robot speed. These findings help to further the understanding of robot-human interaction and will expand opportunities for simple robots in public spaces.Key Words: Robotics, expressive robotics, robotic gesture, simple robotics, multi-robo