Assessing human reactions to different robot attachment profiles

A. Hiolle; Kim Bard; L. Canamero

doi:10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326216

Assessing human reactions to different robot attachment profiles

A. Hiolle, Kim Bard, L. Canamero

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Emotional regulation is believed to be crucial for a balanced emotional and cognitive development in infants. Furthermore, during the first year of a child's life, the mother is playing a central role in shaping the development, through the attachment bond she shares with her child. Based on previous work on our model of arousal modulation for an autonomous robot, we present an experiment where human adults were interacting visually and via tactile contact with a SONY Aibo robot exploring a children playmat. The robots had two different attachment profiles: one recquiring less attention then the other. The subjects answered one questionnaire per robot, describing how they would rate their experience with each robot. The analysis of the subjects' responses allow us to conclude that this setting was sufficient to elicit positive and active caretaking-like behaviours from the subjects, according to the profile of the robot they interacted with.

Original language	English
Pages	251-256
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326216
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	The 18th IEEE International Symposium on - Toyama, Japan Duration: 27 Sept 2009 → 2 Oct 2009

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Conference	The 18th IEEE International Symposium on
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Toyama
Period	27/09/09 → 2/10/09

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