Experiencing the familiar, understanding the interactionand responding to a robot proactive partner

Abstract

This is the 2d stage of a study on the familiar during HRI. We demonstrated the interest of better understanding the human experience of the familiar for an adapted and successful HRI. We also studied the impact of the robot's social behavior on the human partner's experience of the familiar, appreciation of the interaction, anthropomorphism of the robot, and reactions to it's actions. Here, we explore the relation between experiencing the familiar, understanding the robot's engaging actions, and reacting to them. We look at participants' response to 3 non verbal actions of NAO. The analysis uses the participants' answers to a questionnaire, their decisions to react or not to the robot's actions and motion data.