Evaluating Users’ Perception of Biologically Inspired Involuntary Behavior in Human–Robot Interaction

IF 6.8 Q1 AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS Advanced intelligent systems (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Pub Date : 2024-09-29 DOI:10.1002/aisy.202400042
Marcos Maroto-Gómez, Enrique Fernández-Rodicio, Álvaro Castro-González, María Malfaz, Miguel Ángel Salichs
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Multimodal communication is a human feature that enables diverse interactions. In human–robot interaction (HRI), robots have to communicate using human skills so that they can seem natural and assist effectively. Most research uses predefined gestures to equip robots with social abilities. However, researchers scarcely consider generating bioinspired involuntary behavior to improve a robot's expressiveness and communication. Human studies revealed that involuntary behavior affects how others perceive communicative intentions. Therefore, mimicking human involuntary behavior may positively affect HRI. This article extends our previous work on equipping robots with involuntary behavior with a user study that evaluates the use of bioinspiration for complementing gestures. A preliminary test is conducted with 15 participants to determine if they can perceive the intensities of the involuntary processes heart rate, pupil size, blink rate, breathing rate, and motor activity. 63 new participants interacted with a robot with bioinspired behaviors or a robot only showing predefined gestures to evaluate the robots’ warmth, competence, and discomfort. The results show that the preliminary test participants differentiated the intensities of the involuntary processes. Participants in the second study find the robot with bioinspired behaviors significantly warmer and more competent than the robot with predefined gestures, with no discomfort difference.

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评估用户对人机交互中生物启发的非自愿行为的感知
多模态交流是人类的一大特点,它能实现多样化的互动。在人机交互(HRI)中,机器人必须使用人类技能进行交流,这样才能显得自然并有效地提供协助。大多数研究使用预定义的手势来使机器人具备社交能力。然而,研究人员很少考虑通过生成生物启发的非自主行为来提高机器人的表达能力和交流能力。人类研究表明,非自主行为会影响他人对交流意图的感知。因此,模仿人类的非自主行为可能会对人机交互产生积极影响。本文通过一项用户研究,对使用生物启发来补充手势进行了评估,从而扩展了我们之前在为机器人配备非自主行为方面所做的工作。我们对 15 名参与者进行了初步测试,以确定他们能否感知心率、瞳孔大小、眨眼频率、呼吸频率和运动活动等非自主过程的强度。63 名新参与者与一个具有生物启发行为的机器人或一个只显示预定义手势的机器人进行了互动,以评估机器人的温暖程度、能力和不适感。结果显示,初步测试的参与者能够区分非自主过程的强度。在第二次研究中,参与者发现具有生物启发行为的机器人明显比具有预定义手势的机器人更温暖、更能干,而没有不适感差异。
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