Functional/Semantic Gesture Design Factor Studies on Social Robot for User Experience Design

Abstract

It is necessary to classify the design factors for the user experience design at a level that causes a difference in the aspect of the user experience. So in this research, the functional/semantic gesture design factors have been derived through case studies and a survey where they were amended to have the level values with which a significant difference was verified in the user experience. The organized functional/semantic gesture design factors from the research are the gestures for concept instruction, behavior description, behavior mimic, and functional performance. The concept instruction attribute has been suggested as 'item's sequential/quantity instructions', and 'directional instructions'. The behavior description attribute has been reorganized to 'usage/situational behavior description', and 'symbolic behavior description'. The behavior mimic attribute has been proposed and remained as 'prototype behavior mimic', 'biological behavior mimic', 'personality behavior mimic'. Lastly, the functional performance attribute has been presented as 'direct behavior performance' and 'proxy behavior performance.