Investigating Spatial Relationships in Human-Robot Interaction

Author

Huettenrauch, Helge ; Eklundh, Kerstin Severinson ; Green, Anders ; Topp, Elin A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Commun., R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm

fYear

2006

fDate

9-15 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

5052

Lastpage

5059

Abstract

Co-presence and embodied interaction are two fundamental characteristics of the command and control situation for service robots. This paper presents a study of spatial distances and orientation of a robot with respect to a human user in an experimental setting. Relevant concepts of spatiality from social interaction studies are introduced and related to human-robot interaction (HRI). A Wizard-of-Oz study quantifies the observed spatial distances and spatial formations encountered. However, it is claimed that a simplistic parameterization and measurement of spatial interaction misses the dynamic character and might be counter-productive in the design of socially appropriate robots

Keywords

man-machine systems; service robots; human-robot interaction; service robots; social interaction; spatial distances; spatial formations; spatial relationships; Cognitive robotics; Command and control systems; Computer science; Education; Educational robots; Human robot interaction; Intelligent robots; Mobile robots; Robot sensing systems; Service robots; spatiality in human-robot interaction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0258-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0259-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IROS.2006.282535

Filename

4059223