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"My Robot Friend": Application of Intergroup Contact Theory in Human-Robot Interaction

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Sabahat C. Bagci,

Junko KaneroAuthors Info & Claims

HRI '22: Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

Pages 665 - 668

Published: 07 March 2022 Publication History

Abstract

We present pilot data for one of the first comprehensive investigations of Intergroup Contact Theory [1], [2] in the context of human-robot interaction. Applying an actual intergroup contact procedure known to affect intergroup attitudes among humans (e.g., [3]), we examined whether human-robot interaction as a positive intergroup contact would change participants' evaluation of robots. Our data from 28 student participants (N = 15 in the interaction condition and N = 13 in the no-interaction condition) suggest that after the participant and robot self-disclosed to each other (Fast Friendship Task), participants (1) felt more positive emotions towards robots, (2) perceived robots as warmer, and (3) identified robots as more similar to humans. These preliminary findings invite further research on the application of Intergroup Contact Theory in examining social human-robot interaction and its possible contributions to understanding human psychology.

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Kuyucu IDogan AAkay SBagci SKanero JGrollman DBroadbent EJu WSoh HWilliams T(2024)From Human-Human to Human-Robot: How Social Psychology Research Methods Can Inform HRI EvaluationCompanion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/3610978.3640630(637-640)Online publication date: 11-Mar-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3610978.3640630

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"My Robot Friend": Application of Intergroup Contact Theory in Human-Robot Interaction
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. Laboratory experiments
  2. Interaction design

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Kuyucu IDogan AAkay SBagci SKanero JGrollman DBroadbent EJu WSoh HWilliams T(2024)From Human-Human to Human-Robot: How Social Psychology Research Methods Can Inform HRI EvaluationCompanion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/3610978.3640630(637-640)Online publication date: 11-Mar-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3610978.3640630

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