"I would like to get close to you": Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue

Stefan-Daniel Suvei; Jered Vroon; Vella Veronica Somoza Sanchez; Leon Bodenhagen; Gwenn Englebienne; Norbert Krüger; Vanessa Evers

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92052-8_29

"I would like to get close to you": Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue

Stefan-Daniel Suvei, Jered Vroon, Vella Veronica Somoza Sanchez, Leon Bodenhagen, Gwenn Englebienne, Norbert Krüger, Vanessa Evers

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Abstract

How can a social robot get physically close to the people it needs to interact with? We investigated the effect of a social gaze cue by a human-sized mobile robot on the effects of personal space invasion by that robot. In our 2x2 between-subject experiment, our robot would approach our participants (n=83), with/without personal space invasion, and with/without a social gaze cue. With a questionnaire, we measured subjective perception of warmth, competence, and comfort after such an interaction. In addition, we used on-board sensors and a tracking system to measure the dynamics of social positioning behavior. While we did find significant differences in the social positioning dynamics of the participants, no such effect was found upon quantitative analysis of perception of the robot. In a subsequent inductive analysis we further investigated these results, our findings suggesting that the social cue did play a role for the participants -- particularly related to their perceived safety.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Virtual, Augmented, and Intelligent Environments - 12th International Conference, UAHCI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings
Editors	Margherita Antona, Constantine Stephanidis
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2018
Pages	366-385
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-92051-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-92052-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92052-8_29
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	12th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction - Las Vegas, United States Duration: 15. Jul 2018 → 20. Jul 2018 Conference number: 12

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Conference	12th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
Number	12
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas
Period	15/07/2018 → 20/07/2018

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	10908
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Personal space invasion
Social cues
Social robotics

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Suvei, S-D., Vroon, J., Somoza Sanchez, V. V., Bodenhagen, L., Englebienne, G., Krüger, N., & Evers, V. (2018). "I would like to get close to you": Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue. In M. Antona, & C. Stephanidis (Eds.), Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Virtual, Augmented, and Intelligent Environments - 12th International Conference, UAHCI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings (pp. 366-385). Springer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 10908 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92052-8_29

Suvei, Stefan-Daniel ; Vroon, Jered ; Somoza Sanchez, Vella Veronica ; Bodenhagen, Leon ; Englebienne, Gwenn ; Krüger, Norbert ; Evers, Vanessa. / "I would like to get close to you" : Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue. Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Virtual, Augmented, and Intelligent Environments - 12th International Conference, UAHCI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings. editor / Margherita Antona ; Constantine Stephanidis. Springer, 2018. pp. 366-385 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10908).

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"I would like to get close to you" : Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue. / Suvei, Stefan-Daniel; Vroon, Jered; Somoza Sanchez, Vella Veronica; Bodenhagen, Leon; Englebienne, Gwenn; Krüger, Norbert; Evers, Vanessa.

Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Virtual, Augmented, and Intelligent Environments - 12th International Conference, UAHCI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings. ed. / Margherita Antona; Constantine Stephanidis. Springer, 2018. p. 366-385 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10908).

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Suvei S-D, Vroon J, Somoza Sanchez VV, Bodenhagen L, Englebienne G, Krüger N et al. "I would like to get close to you": Making robot personal space invasion less intrusive with a social gaze cue. In Antona M, Stephanidis C, editors, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Virtual, Augmented, and Intelligent Environments - 12th International Conference, UAHCI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings. Springer. 2018. p. 366-385. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10908). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92052-8_29

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