Human approach distances to a mechanical-looking robot with different robot voice styles
Walters, M.L., Syrdal, D.S., Koay, K.L., Dautenhahn, K. and Te Boekhorst, R.
(2008)
Human approach distances to a mechanical-looking robot with different robot voice styles.
In:
Procs of the 17th IEEE Int Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN :.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), DEU, pp. 707-712.
ISBN 978-1-4244-2213-5
Findings are presented from a Human Robot Interaction (HRI) Demonstration Trial where attendees approached a stationary mechanical looking robot to a comfortable distance. Instructions were given to participants by the robot using either a high quality male, a high quality female, a neutral synthesized voice, or by the experimenter (no robot voice). Approaches to the robot with synthesized voice were found to induce significantly further approach distances. Those who had experienced a previous encounter with the robot tended to approach closer to the robot. Possible reasons for this are discussed.
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