Collection of Metaphors for Human-Robot Interaction

Patricia Alves-Oliveira; Maria Luce Lupetti; Michal Luria; Diana Löffler; Mafalda Gamboa; Lea Albaugh; Waki Kamino; Anastasia K. Ostrowski; David Puljiz; Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar; Marcus Scheunemann; Michael Suguitan; Dan Lockton

doi:10.1145/3461778.3462060

Collection of Metaphors for Human-Robot Interaction

Patricia Alves-Oliveira, Maria Luce Lupetti, Michal Luria, Diana Löffler, Mafalda Gamboa, Lea Albaugh, Waki Kamino, Anastasia K. Ostrowski, David Puljiz, Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar, Marcus Scheunemann, Michael Suguitan, Dan Lockton

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Abstract

The word "robot"frequently conjures unrealistic expectations of utilitarian perfection: tireless, efficient and flawless agents. However, real-world robots are far from perfect - they fail and make mistakes. Thus, roboticists should consider altering their current assumptions and cultivating new perspectives that account for a more complete range of robot roles, behaviors, and interactions. To encourage this, we explore the use of metaphors for generating novel ideas and reframing existing problems, eliciting new perspectives of human-robot interaction. Our work makes two contributions. We (1) surface current assumptions that accompany the term "robots,"and (2) present a collection of alternative perspectives of interaction with robots through metaphors. By identifying assumptions, we provide a comprehensible list of aspects to reconsider regarding robots' physicality, roles, and behaviors. Through metaphors, we propose new ways of examining how we can use, relate to, and co-exist with the robots that will share our future.

Original language	English
Pages	1366-1379
Number of pages	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3461778.3462060
Publication status	Published - 28 Jun 2021

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design research
fixation
human-robot interaction
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robot assumptions

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