Collection of Metaphors for Human-Robot Interaction
The word "robot" frequently conjures unrealistic expectations of utilitarian perfection: tireless, efficient, and flawless agents. However, real-world robots are far from perfect—they fail and make mistakes. Thus, roboticists should consider altering their current assumptions and cultivating new perspectives that account for a more complete range of robot roles, behaviors, and interactions. To encourage this, we explore the use of metaphors for generating novel ideas and reframing existing problems, eliciting new perspectives of human-robot interaction. Our work makes two contributions. We (1) surface current assumptions that accompany the term "robots," and (2) present a collection of alternative perspectives of interaction with robots through metaphors. By identifying assumptions, we provide a comprehensible list of aspects to reconsider regarding robots’ physicality, roles, and behaviors. Through metaphors, we propose new ways of examining how we can use, relate to, and co-exist with the robots that will share our future.
Item Type | Book Section |
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Additional information | © 2021 Association for Computing Machinery. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1145/3461778.3462060 |
Keywords | human-robot interaction, robot assumptions, metaphors, fixation, design research |
Date Deposited | 15 May 2025 16:46 |
Last Modified | 03 Jun 2025 01:28 |
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