For The Record - A Public Goods Game For Exploring Human-Robot Collaboration

Abstract

For The Record is a digital game that involves a social dilemma between a mixed team of humans and agents. Inspired by the standard public goods games, the collective goal is accessible to all team members, independently of their individual contributions. As a result, each player faces in each round the decision between cooperating with the team and defecting to obtain an individual benefit. The digital game itself allows exploring the complexity of human cooperation when teaming with agents. Moreover, playing it on a touch screen creates an additional opportunity to explore these interactions when teaming with social robots.