Title :
Emergent dynamics of turn-taking interaction in drumming games with a humanoid robot
Author :
Kose-Bagci, Hatice ; Dautenhahn, Kerstin ; Nehaniv, Chrystopher L.
Author_Institution :
Adaptive Syst. Res. Group, Univ. of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Abstract :
We present results from an empirical study investigating emergent turn-taking in a drumming experience involving Kaspar, a humanoid child-sized robot, and adult participants. In this work, our aim is to have turn-taking and role switching which is not deterministic but emerging from the social interaction between the human and the humanoid. Therefore the robot is not just dasiafollowingpsila and imitating the human, but could be the leader in the game and being imitated by the human. Data from the first implementation of a human-robot interaction experiment are presented and analysed qualitatively (in terms of participantspsila subjective experiences) and quantitatively (concerning the drumming performance of the human-robot pair). Results are analysed statistically and show significant differences for the three games (with different probabilistic models) where the models enabling more interaction and more ldquonaturalrdquo turn-taking were preferred by the human participants.
Keywords :
humanoid robots; man-machine systems; robot dynamics; drumming games; human-robot interaction; humanoid child-sized robot; humanoid robot; turn-taking interaction dynamics; Autism; Cognition; Cognitive robotics; Educational robots; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Medical treatment; Pediatrics; Performance analysis; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2008. RO-MAN 2008. The 17th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2212-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2213-5
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2008.4600690