DocumentCode
565813
Title
Are we living in a robot Cargo Cult?
Author
Fernaeus, Ylva ; Jacobsson, Mattias ; Ljungblad, Sara ; Holmqvist, Lars Erik
Author_Institution
Swedish Inst. of Comput. Sci., Kista, Sweden
fYear
2009
fDate
11-13 March 2009
Firstpage
279
Lastpage
280
Abstract
We use the Cargo Cult metaphor to discuss visions, methods and communication of robot research. Essentially cargo cult involves performing of imitative rituals that are conducted without understanding the underlying cause of a phenomenon. We discuss how this is an ongoing challenge within the field of HRI, and what researchers could do to avoid contributing to a robotic cargo cult.
Keywords
human-robot interaction; HRI; cargo cult metaphor; robot cargo cult; robot research; Computers; Cultural differences; Films; Media; Prototypes; Robots; Speech recognition; HRI; Robotic cargo cult;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2009 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
La Jolla, CA
ISSN
2167-2121
Print_ISBN
978-1-60558-404-1
Type
conf
Filename
6256063
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