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The Effect of Robot Decision Making on Human Perception of a Robot in a Collaborative Task - A Remote Study

Authors:

Ali Noormohammadi,

Abhinav Dahiya,

Alexander Mois Aroyo,

Stephen L. Smith,

Kerstin DautenhahnAuthors Info & Claims

HAI '21: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction

Pages 423 - 427

https://doi.org/10.1145/3472307.3484671

Published: 09 November 2021 Publication History

HAI '21: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction

The Effect of Robot Decision Making on Human Perception of a Robot in a Collaborative Task - A Remote Study

Pages 423 - 427

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The use of collaborative robots is becoming more widespread across industries. This makes it essential to study robot planning in order to work effectively and smoothly with human teammates while maintaining a positive human perception of the robots. This paper evaluates the influence of a robot’s strategy and decision making on the participants’ perception of the robot. We designed an online experiment where a robot and participants need to collaborate and organize a set of objects. We studied three different strategies where the robot either prioritizes the human’s objective, its own objective, or uses a balanced strategy. We then analyze and report the results based on participants’ answers to questionnaires before and after the experiment, their comments, and their actions during the experiment. The results show that strategies prioritizing the human’s objective, or balancing between the robot’s and the human’s objectives can effectively improve participants’ perception of the robot and create a collaborative environment.

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Noormohammadi-Asl AFan KSmith SDautenhahn K(2025)Human leading or following preferencesRobotics and Autonomous Systems10.1016/j.robot.2024.104821183:COnline publication date: 1-Jan-2025
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.robot.2024.104821
Noormohammadi-Asl AAyub ASmith SDautenhahn K(2023)Adapting to Human Preferences to Lead or Follow in Human-Robot Collaboration: A System Evaluation2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)10.1109/RO-MAN57019.2023.10309328(1851-1858)Online publication date: 28-Aug-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN57019.2023.10309328

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The Effect of Robot Decision Making on Human Perception of a Robot in a Collaborative Task - A Remote Study
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Robotics
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
  2. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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HAI '21: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction

November 2021

447 pages

ISBN:9781450386203

DOI:10.1145/3472307

Editors:
Kohei Ogawa
Nagoya University, Japan
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Tomoko Yonezawa
Kansai University, Japan
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Gale M. Lucas
USC Institute for Creative Technologies, United States
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Hirotaka Osawa
University of Tsukuba, Japan
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Wafa Johal
University of New South Wales, Australia
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Masahiro Shiomi,
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Japan

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Noormohammadi-Asl AFan KSmith SDautenhahn K(2025)Human leading or following preferencesRobotics and Autonomous Systems10.1016/j.robot.2024.104821183:COnline publication date: 1-Jan-2025
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.robot.2024.104821
Noormohammadi-Asl AAyub ASmith SDautenhahn K(2023)Adapting to Human Preferences to Lead or Follow in Human-Robot Collaboration: A System Evaluation2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)10.1109/RO-MAN57019.2023.10309328(1851-1858)Online publication date: 28-Aug-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN57019.2023.10309328

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