Designing Robots to Laugh at

Emanuela Marchetti; Sara Mosberg Iversen

Designing Robots to Laugh at

Emanuela Marchetti, Sara Mosberg Iversen

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new theoretical direction in the design of assistive, functional robots, by leveraging play theory. Our vision is that a playful perspective will lead to the creation of assistive robots that could better address the emotional and interactional nuances of care practice, embodying values of humor and creativity, while appearing non-intimidating to people affected by dementia. Therefore, we propose to reconceptualize assistive robots for care homes as functional toys; humble and amusing objects that are easy to play with or laugh at.

Original language	English
Publication date	2022
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction: Re-Configuring Human-Robot Interaction - Workshop @ ACM/IEEE HRI2022 Conference (online) - online Duration: 11. Feb 2022 → 11. Feb 2022 https://medien.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/reconfig-hri/

Workshop

Workshop	ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Location	online
Period	11/02/2022 → 11/02/2022
Internet address	https://medien.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/reconfig-hri/

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