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Testing interactive products with the robot intervention method

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This paper introduces robot intervention, a novel approach to usability testing with children. A social robot is used as a proxy for a test administrator who conducts an active intervention session remotely in a Wizard of Oz fashion. The motivation of the technique is that children will feel at ease and enjoy interacting with the social robot, and thus produce more frequent and informative verbalizations regarding their interaction with the product under test. First experiences regarding this method are positive with regards to the feasibility of the method and with regards to how well it is received by children.

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    IDC '08: Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children
    June 2008
    289 pages
    ISBN:9781595939944
    DOI:10.1145/1463689
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    1. Wizard of Oz
    2. active intervention
    3. children
    4. evaluation
    5. social robot
    6. think-aloud
    7. usability test

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    • (2011)Building up child-robot relationship for therapeutic purposes: From initial attraction towards long-term social engagementFace and Gesture 201110.1109/FG.2011.5771375(927-932)Online publication date: Mar-2011
    • (2010)Let robots do the talkingProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children10.1145/1810543.1810551(59-68)Online publication date: 9-Jun-2010

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