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Proxemic Feature Recognition for Interactive Robots: Automating Metrics from the Social Sciences

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Social Robotics (ICSR 2011)

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In this work, we discuss a set of metrics for analyzing human spatial behavior (proxemics) motivated by work in the social sciences. Specifically, we investigate individual, attentional, interpersonal, and physiological factors that contribute to social spacing. We demonstrate the feasibility of autonomous real-time annotation of these spatial features during multi-person social encounters. We utilize sensor suites that are non-invasive to participants, are readily deployable in a variety of environments (ranging from an instrumented workspace to a mobile robot platform), and do not interfere with the social interaction itself. Finally, we provide a discussion of the impact of these metrics and their utility in autonomous socially interactive systems.

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  1. Interaction Lab, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California, USA

    Ross Mead, Amin Atrash & Maja J. Matarić

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  1. Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1210 W. Dayton St. Room 6381, 53706-1685, Madison, WI, USA

    Bilge Mutlu

  2. Canterbury University, HIT Lab NZ Old Math Building, Room 108, Private Bag 4800, 8140, Christchurch, New Zealand

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  3. Department of Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, Section Human-Technology Interaction, IPO 1.36, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, (EEMCS). Chair: Human Media Interaction (HMI), University of Twente, PO Box 217, NL-7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

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  5. Department of Communication, Laboratories Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International), 2-2-2 Hikaridai, 619-0288, Keihanna Science City, Kyoto, Japan

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Mead, R., Atrash, A., Matarić, M.J. (2011). Proxemic Feature Recognition for Interactive Robots: Automating Metrics from the Social Sciences. In: Mutlu, B., Bartneck, C., Ham, J., Evers, V., Kanda, T. (eds) Social Robotics. ICSR 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7072. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25504-5_6

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