Social and emphatic behaviours: novel interfaces and interaction modalities

P. Marti; I. Iacono

doi:10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333634

Social and emphatic behaviours: novel interfaces and interaction modalities

P. Marti
, I. Iacono

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Abstract

This paper describes the results of a research conducted in the European project Accompany, whose aim is to provide older people with services in a motivating and socially acceptable manner to facilitate independent living at home. The project developed a system consisting of a robotic companion, Care-O-bot, as part of a smart environment. An intensive research was conducted to investigate and experiment with robot behaviours that trigger empathic exchanges between an older person and the robot. The paper is articulated in two parts. The first part illustrates the theory that inspired the development of a context-aware Graphical User Interface (GUI) used to interact with the robot. The GUI integrates an expressive mask allowing perspective taking with the aim to stimulate empathic exchanges. The second part focuses on the user evaluation, and reports the outcomes from three different tests. The results of the first two tests show a positive acceptance of the GUI by the older people. The final test reports qualitative comments by senior participants on the occurrence of empathic exchanges with the robot.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2015)
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of a meeting held 31 August - 4 September 2015, Kobe, Japan
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	217-222
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-6705-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333634
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2015) - Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan Duration: 31 Aug 2015 → 4 Sept 2015 Conference number: 24 http://ro-man2015.org/

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Conference	24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2015)
Abbreviated title	RO-MAN 2015
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Kobe
Period	31/08/15 → 4/09/15
Other	"Interaction with Socially Embedded Robots"
Internet address	http://ro-man2015.org/

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Marti, P., & Iacono, I. (2015). Social and emphatic behaviours: novel interfaces and interaction modalities. In 2015 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2015): Proceedings of a meeting held 31 August - 4 September 2015, Kobe, Japan (pp. 217-222). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333634

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Marti, P & Iacono, I 2015, Social and emphatic behaviours: novel interfaces and interaction modalities. in 2015 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2015): Proceedings of a meeting held 31 August - 4 September 2015, Kobe, Japan. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, pp. 217-222, 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2015), Kobe, Japan, 31/08/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333634

Social and emphatic behaviours: novel interfaces and interaction modalities. / Marti, P.; Iacono, I.
2015 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2015): Proceedings of a meeting held 31 August - 4 September 2015, Kobe, Japan. Piscataway: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015. p. 217-222.

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Marti P, Iacono I. Social and emphatic behaviours: novel interfaces and interaction modalities. In 2015 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2015): Proceedings of a meeting held 31 August - 4 September 2015, Kobe, Japan. Piscataway: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2015. p. 217-222 doi: 10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333634

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