Virtual-reality as a simulation tool for non-humanoid social robots

Ofir Sadka; Jonathan Giron; Doron Friedman; Oren Zuckerman; Hadas Erel

doi:10.1145/3334480.3382893

Virtual-reality as a simulation tool for non-humanoid social robots

Ofir Sadka, Jonathan Giron, Doron Friedman, Oren Zuckerman, Hadas Erel

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Abstract

Evaluating the interaction between people and non-humanoid robots requires advanced physical prototyping, and in many cases is limited to lab setting with Wizard-of-Oz control. Virtual Reality (VR) was suggested as a simulation tool, allowing for fast, flexible and iterative design processes. In this controlled study, we evaluated whether VR is a valid platform for testing social interaction between people and non-humanoid robots. Our quantitative findings indicate that social interpretations associated with two types of gestures of a robotic object are similar in virtual and physical interactions with the robot, suggesting that the core aspects of social interaction with non-humanoid robots are preserved in a VR simulation. The impact of this work to the CHI community is in indicating the potential of VR as a platform for initial evaluations of social experiences with non-humanoid robots, including interaction studies that involve different facets of the social experience.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450368193
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3382893
State	Published - 25 Apr 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2020 - Honolulu, United States Duration: 25 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	25/04/20 → 30/04/20

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Funding

This study was supported by The Israel Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant #3-16470). We would like to thank Iddo Wald, Neta Rozy, Andrey Grishko, Denis Triman, Yoav Cohen, and Pninit Danieli for their great contribution to the project. This study was supported by The Israel Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant #3- 16470). We would like to thank Iddo Wald, Neta Rozy, Andrey Grishko, Denis Triman, Yoav Cohen, and Pninit Danieli for their great contribution to the project.

Funders	Funder number
Israel Ministry of Science and Technology	3- 16470
Ministry of science and technology, Israel

Keywords

Design process
Non-humanoid robots
Robotic objects
Virtual reality

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Sadka, O., Giron, J., Friedman, D., Zuckerman, O., & Erel, H. (2020). Virtual-reality as a simulation tool for non-humanoid social robots. In CHI EA 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 3382893 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3382893

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Sadka, O, Giron, J, Friedman, D, Zuckerman, O & Erel, H 2020, Virtual-reality as a simulation tool for non-humanoid social robots. in CHI EA 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 3382893, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, 2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2020, Honolulu, United States, 25/04/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3382893

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