Title :
An android in the field
Author :
Der Pütten, Astrid M von ; Krämer, Nicole C. ; Becker-Asano, Christian ; Ishiguro, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Duisburg Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Abstract :
Since most robots are not easily displayable in real-life scenarios, only a few studies investigate users´ behavior towards humanoids or androids in a natural environment. We present an observational field study and data on unscripted interactions between humans and the android robot “Geminoid HI-1”. First results show that almost half of the subjects mistook Geminoid HI-1 for a human. Even those who recognized the android as a robot rather showed interest than negative emotions and explored the robots capabilities.
Keywords :
human-robot interaction; Geminoid HI-1; android robot; androids; humanoids; humans; natural environment; negative emotions; observational field study; robots; unscripted interactions; Androids; Humanoid robots; Humans; Interviews; Materials; Portable computers; Uncanny valley; field study; human-robot interaction; observation;
Conference_Titel :
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2011 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lausanne
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4393-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2167-2121
