Making Noise Intentional A Study of Servo Sound Perception

How do sounds shape interaction with robots? The present study explores aural impressions associated with servo motors commonly used to prototype robotic motion. This exploratory analysis constructs a framework to objectively and subjectively characterize sound using acoustic analyses and novice eva...

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Published in:2017 12th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI pp. 12 - 21
Main Authors: Moore, Dylan, Tennent, Hamish, Martelaro, Nikolas, Ju, Wendy
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, USA ACM 06.03.2017
Series:ACM Conferences
Subjects:
Acoustic measurements
Acoustics
Consequential sound
Human-centered computing > Interaction design > Empirical studies in interaction design
Human-centered computing > Interaction design > Interaction design process and methods > Interface design prototyping
Human-centered computing > Interaction design > Systems and tools for interaction design
Interface design prototyping
Music
Robots
Servomotors
Sonic interaction design
Systems and tools for interaction design
Visualization
consequential sound
sonic interaction design
acoustics
ISBN:9781450343367, 1450343368
ISSN:2167-2148
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Summary:How do sounds shape interaction with robots? The present study explores aural impressions associated with servo motors commonly used to prototype robotic motion. This exploratory analysis constructs a framework to objectively and subjectively characterize sound using acoustic analyses and novice evaluators on Amazon Mechanical Turk. Participants evaluated unfamiliar sounds through pairwise comparison, resulting in subjective ratings of servo motor sounds. In this study, subjective measures of sound correlated well internally, but correlated weakly with objective measures. Moreover, qualitative commentary offered by participants suggests both anthropomorphic associations with sounds as well as negative impressions of the sounds overall. We conclude with a roadmap for exploration into the field of consequential sonic interaction design.
ISBN:9781450343367
1450343368
ISSN:2167-2148
DOI:10.1145/2909824.3020238