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This pilot study investigates the role of social sensorimotor contingencies as exhibited from a humanoid robot to allow mutual understanding and social entrainment in a group social activity. The goal is to evaluate whether sensorimotor contingencies can lead to transparent and understandable interactions while we explore the dimension of personality. We propose the task of taking a selfie with a robot and a group of humans as the benchmark to evaluate the social sensorimotor contingencies displayed. We have constructed two models of interaction with an introverted and extroverted robot. We also seek to address the gap in research in context and personality of social sensorimotor contingencies in HRI and contribute to the field of personality in social robotics by determining what type of behaviour of the robot attracts certain personalities in humans in group settings. Although the sample size was small, and there were no significant differences between conditions, results suggest that the expression of sensorimotor contingencies can lead to successful coupling and interactions.
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This work is supported by grants from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Socialising Sensori-Motor Contingencies (socSMCs) grant agreement n. 641321.
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Vouloutsi, V., Chesson, A., Blancas, M., Guerrero, O., Verschure, P.F.M.J. (2020). The Use of Social Sensorimotor Contingencies in Humanoid Robots. In: Vouloutsi, V., Mura, A., Tauber, F., Speck, T., Prescott, T.J., Verschure, P.F.M.J. (eds) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12413. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64313-3_36
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