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Auflistung nach Schlagwort "Human-Robot Interaction"

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Conceptualizing and Designing a Virtual Reality Authoring Tool for Human-Robot Interaction Studies - Learnings and Guidance from Expert Interviews
    (Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2024, 2024) Helgert, André; Straßmann, Carolin; Eimler, Sabrina Cornelia
    Conducting Virtual Reality (VR) studies in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) offers substantial benefits. Researchers use VR as a versatile research instrument, providing a controlled and reproducible study environment while enabling less invasive, continuous, and more valid data generation through measurement methods like motion capture and eye-tracking. Despite its potential, technical complexities and resource-intensive VR application development pose barriers to researchers, which may prevent them from using the advantages of VR for their own research. Our vision is to address this challenge by creating an intuitive VR authoring tool that facilitates the creation and execution of HRI study designs, considering that different disciplines may have varying requirements for studies. To enable broad usability of such a tool, we conducted expert interviews with seven HRI researchers, gathering insights into perceptions, opportunities, and risks associated with VR, and subsequently derived a catalog of requirements for the authoring tool. We evaluated the mockups resulting from these interviews at an international robotics conference with 22 experts, aiming to collaboratively develop a suitable authoring tool within the HRI community.
  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Designing VUIs for Social Assistance Robots for People with Dementia
    (Mensch und Computer 2021 - Tagungsband, 2021) Striegl, Julian; Gollasch, David; Loitsch, Claudia; Weber, Gerhard
    Elderly people and especially people with dementia often experience social isolation and need assistance while performing activities of daily living. We investigate a novel approach to cope with this problem by integrating voice assistants and social assistance robots. Due to the special communication needs of people with mild cognitive impairment, the design of interfaces of such systems is to be based on the particular requirements of the target user group. This paper investigates, how a voice user interface should be designed for elderly users with mild cognitive impairment – such as an early stage of dementia – to provide personalised support throughout activities of daily living. A context and user analysis delivered a set of 11 guidelines for voice user interfaces for people with dementia. For a pilot study we selected those strategies often applied by caregivers in their communication with people with dementia and evaluated the voice user interface among elderly participants and healthcare workers who reported a high feasibility, usefulness and acceptance of the designed system.
  • Zeitschriftenartikel
    Ethical, Legal & Participatory Concerns in the Development of Human-Robot Interaction - Lessons from Eight Research Projects with Social Robots in Real-World Scenarios
    (i-com: Vol. 21, No. 2, 2022) Carros, Felix; Störzinger, Tobias; Wierling, Anne; Preussner, Adrian; Tolmie, Peter
    Research on Human-Robot Interaction is increasing as system become widely available and reached a level that enables smooth interactions. Yet, many research projects act in a silo mentality, in regard of participatory, ethical, or legal matters of social robotics. Knowledge about specific challenges is not universal and has often to be transferred from non-robotic contexts. We present findings in the three dimensions: participatory design, ethics for social robots and legal aspects. We accompanied eight research projects on social robots in real-world scenarios for three years. During that time, we spoke, observed, and helped (where possible) the research projects. This gave us specific insights into their work. Our findings work in three dimensions. In participatory design we observed that the trust relationship to users is essential to gain truthful insights and that a mixed method approach is promising. Regarding ethical aspects, we could see that ethical matters should be answered early on. And in the legal dimensions we noticed that the GDPR regulations are a challenge that often requires the help of experts. This work is reflecting on the observation of eight projects and is collecting lessons learned to help future projects and to learn from previous work.
  • Konferenzbeitrag
    On the Attempt to Implement Social Addressability within a Robotic System
    (i-com: Vol. 16, No. 2, 2017) Graf, Philipp; Marquardt, Manuela; Compagna, Diego
    We conducted a Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) study during a science event, using a mixed method experimental approach with quantitative and qualitative data (adapted version of Godspeed Questionnaire and audio-visual material analysed videographically). The main purpose of the research was to gather insight into the relevance of the so-called “point of interaction” for a successful and user-friendly interaction with a non-anthropomorphic robot. We elaborate on this concept with reference to sociological theories under the heading of “addressability” and “social address” and generate hypotheses informed by former research and theoretical reflections. We implement an interface on our robot system, comprising two LEDs, which indicate the status of the robot/interaction, and which might possibly serve as basal form of embodied social address. In one experimental condition, the movements were accompanied by a light choreography, the other one was conducted without the LEDs. Our findings suggest a potential relevance of social address for the interaction partner to receive additional information, especially if the situation is a contingent one. Nevertheless, the overall rating on the Godspeed scales showed no significant differences between the light conditions. Several possible reasons for this are discussed. Limitations and advantages are pointed out in the conclusion.
  • Workshopbeitrag
    Time and Timing in Human-Computer Interaction
    (Mensch und Computer 2023 - Workshopband, 2023) Riemer, Martin; Bogon, Johanna; Rußwinkel, Nele; Henze, Niels; Wiese, Eva; Halbhuber, David; Thomaschke, Roland
    Time perception is an integral aspect of human experience and has numerous implications for the communication between humans and computers. When interacting with computers, user experience is often compromised by non-optimal latency and temporal misperception. In this workshop, we gather scientists from diverse research fields (including Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Computer Sciences, and Design) to discuss the possibilities of altering the temporal experience of users of interactive systems and to reflect on the potential benefits and risks of such a systematic manipulation. This workshop aims to foster a shared understanding of imminent research questions at the intersection of time perception and HCI research and to identify strategies for tackling them in collaborative projects.
  • Workshopbeitrag
    Why (pre)closing matters. The case of human-robot interaction
    (Mensch und Computer 2019 - Workshopband, 2019) Rollet, Nicolas; Licoppe, Christian
    Using a conversationalist (CA) approach to study social interactions with artificial agents, we’ve collected « face-to-face » interactions between humans and the robot Pepper. As part of the topic of (dis)engagement, our attention has been focused on the last seconds of exchanges, namely the way humans manage to leave or close the interaction. The data revealed how much sequential issues, accountable actions as well as ritual considerations matter in many cases.
  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Why does the robot only select men? How women and men perceive autonomous social robots that have a gender bias
    (Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2024, 2024) Büttner, Sebastian Thomas; Goudarzi, Maral; Prilla, Michael
    Future social robots will act autonomously in the world. Autonomous behavior is usually realized by using AI models built with real-world data, which often reflect existing inequalities and prejudices in society. Even if designers do not intend it, there are risks that robots will be developed that discriminate against certain users, e. g. based on gender. In this work, we investigate the implications of a gender-biased robot that disadvantages women, which unfortunately is a bias in AI that is often reported. Our experiment shows that both men and women perceive the gender-biased robot to be unfair. However, our work indicates that women are more aware that a gender bias causes this unfairness. We also show that gender bias results in the robot being perceived differently. While the gender bias resulted in lower likability and intelligence ratings by women, men seem to lose trust in the robot if it behaves unfairly.
  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Wie wirkt der Care-O-bot 4 im Verkaufsraum?
    (Mensch und Computer 2017 - Usability Professionals, 2017) Schmitt, Carolin; Schäfer, Johannes; Burmester, Michael
    Der Umgang mit Robotern ist für die meisten Menschen noch neu und es wäre schön, wenn sie spielerisch und einfach wäre. Der Care-O-bot 4 ist ein socially interactive robot und kommt in unterschiedlichen Bereichen zum Einsatz.. Die erste reale Umgebung in welcher Care-O-bot 4 eingesetzt wird, ist im Elektronikmarkt Saturn. Wir haben die Interaktion zwischen dem Care-O-bot 4 und Kunden (von Kindern bis Älteren) sowie den Verkäufern in Form einer Mehr-Methoden-Studie untersucht. Der Schwerpunkt lag dabei auf der formativen (qualitativen) Evaluation der Wirkung (User Experience) des Serviceroboters. Dabei haben wir sowohl emotionale als dynamische Aspekte der Interaktion und UX betrachtet. Neben einer explorativen Feldstudie im Elektronikmarkt, erfolgte ein Test des Care-O-bot 4 in einer Laborumgebung. Wir stellen das Vorgehen und die Ergebnisse vor.