Perception of humanoid social mediator in two-person dialogs

In this work we present a humanoid robot (Nao) that provides real-time sociofeedback to participants taking part in two-person dialogs. The sociofeedback system quantifies speech mannerism and social behavior of participants in an ongoing conversation, determines whether feedback is required, and de...

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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. 300 - 301
Main Authors: Tahir, Yasir, Rasheed, Umer, Dauwels, Shoko, Dauwels, Justin
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, USA ACM 03.03.2014
Series:ACM Conferences
Subjects:
Applied computing > Law, social and behavioral sciences
Applied computing > Operations research > Industry and manufacturing > Command and control
Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Miscellaneous; D.2.8 [Robotics]: Commercial Robots and Applications; J.4 [Computer Applications]: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Human-centered computing
Humanoid robots
Media
Real-time systems
Safety
Support vector machines
Technological innovation
humanoids
social mediator
human robot interaction
real-time sociofeedback
ISBN:1450326587, 9781450326582
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Summary:In this work we present a humanoid robot (Nao) that provides real-time sociofeedback to participants taking part in two-person dialogs. The sociofeedback system quantifies speech mannerism and social behavior of participants in an ongoing conversation, determines whether feedback is required, and delivers feedback through Nao. For example, Nao alarms the speaker(s) when the voice is too high or too low, or when the conversation is not proceeding well due to disagreements or numerous interruptions. In this study, participants are asked to engage in two-person conversations while the Nao robot acts as mediator. They then assess the received sociofeedback with respect to various aspects, including its content, appropriateness, and timing. Participants also evaluate their overall perception of Nao as social mediator via the Godspeed questionnaire.
ISBN:1450326587
9781450326582
DOI:10.1145/2559636.2559831