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Studying Human-Agent Interactions in Space Invaders

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Jamie Large,

Graham Stodolski,

Marynel VázquezAuthors Info & Claims

HAI '20: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction

Pages 245 - 247

https://doi.org/10.1145/3406499.3418747

Published: 10 November 2020 Publication History

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We conducted an exploratory study to investigate human-agent interactions in the context of the Space Invaders game. In the study, the participants experienced an Uncooperative and a Cooperative agent. Although cooperation was unexpected, our results suggest that the participants identified the Cooperative agent as more helpful than the Uncooperative agent, and that they were inclined to reciprocate the helping actions more to the former agent than the latter one. We discuss the possibilities of further using Space Invaders as a practical scenario to study human-agent cooperation.

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The video describes our work studying human-agent interactions through a multi-player Space Invaders game. In our study, the participants experienced an Uncooperative and a Cooperative agent. Although cooperation was unexpected, our results suggest that the participants identified the Cooperative agent as more helpful than the Uncooperative agent, and that they were inclined to reciprocate the helping actions more to the former agent than to the latter one.

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Claure HCandon KClark OVázquez MGrollman DBroadbent EJu WSoh HWilliams T(2024)Multiplayer Space Invaders: A Platform for Studying Evolving Fairness Perceptions in Human-Robot InteractionCompanion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/3610978.3640687(347-350)Online publication date: 11-Mar-2024
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Candon KChen JKim YHsu ZTsoi NVázquez MAgmon NAn BRicci AYeoh W(2023)Nonverbal Human Signals Can Help Autonomous Agents Infer Human Preferences for Their BehaviorProceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems10.5555/3545946.3598652(307-316)Online publication date: 30-May-2023
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Candon KZhou HGillet SVázquez MCastellano GRiek LCakmak MLeite I(2023)Verbally Soliciting Human Feedback in Continuous Human-Robot CollaborationProceedings of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/3568162.3576980(290-300)Online publication date: 13-Mar-2023
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1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Empirical studies in collaborative and social computing

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HAI '20: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction

November 2020

304 pages

ISBN:9781450380546

DOI:10.1145/3406499

General Chairs:
Mohammad Obaid
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
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Western Sydney University, Australia
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The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Candon KChen JKim YHsu ZTsoi NVázquez MAgmon NAn BRicci AYeoh W(2023)Nonverbal Human Signals Can Help Autonomous Agents Infer Human Preferences for Their BehaviorProceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems10.5555/3545946.3598652(307-316)Online publication date: 30-May-2023
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Candon KZhou HGillet SVázquez MCastellano GRiek LCakmak MLeite I(2023)Verbally Soliciting Human Feedback in Continuous Human-Robot CollaborationProceedings of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/3568162.3576980(290-300)Online publication date: 13-Mar-2023
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Candon KHsu ZKim YChen JTsoi NVázquez M(2022)Perceptions of the Helpfulness of Unexpected Agent AssistanceProceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction10.1145/3527188.3561915(41-50)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2022
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