Non-linguistic utterances should be used alongside language, rather than on their own or as a replacement

This paper presents the results of a small experiment aimed at determining whether people are comfortable with a social robot that uses robotic Non-Linguistic Utterances alongside Natural Language, rather than as a replacement. The results suggest that while people have the most preference for a rob...

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Published in:HRI '14 : proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction : March 3-6, 2014, Bielefeld, Germany pp. 276 - 277
Main Authors: Read, Robin, Belpaeme, Tony
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, USA ACM 03.03.2014
Series:ACM Conferences
Subjects:
Applied computing > Arts and humanities > Sound and music computing
Computer systems organization > Embedded and cyber-physical systems > Robotics > External interfaces for robotics
Games
Human-centered computing > Human computer interaction (HCI) > Interaction techniques > Auditory feedback
Linguistics
Mood
Natural Language
Natural language processing
Non-Linguistic Utterances
Robots
Social HRI
Videos
social hri
non-linguistic utterances
natural language
ISBN:1450326587, 9781450326582
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Summary:This paper presents the results of a small experiment aimed at determining whether people are comfortable with a social robot that uses robotic Non-Linguistic Utterances alongside Natural Language, rather than as a replacement. The results suggest that while people have the most preference for a robot that uses only natural language, a robot that combines NLUs and natural language is seen as more preferable than a robot that only employes NLUs. This suggests that there is potential for NLUs to be used in combination with natural language. In light of this, potential utilities and motivations for using NLUs in such a manner are outlined.
ISBN:1450326587
9781450326582
DOI:10.1145/2559636.2559836