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"Sorry to Disturb You": Autism and Robot Interruptions

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Peter E. McKenna,

Gnanathusharan RajendranAuthors Info & Claims

HRI '20: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

Pages 360 - 362

https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378340

Published: 01 April 2020 Publication History

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Here, we present a novel experiment on the yet unstudied phenomenon of ASC adults' responses to interruption, using a robot role-play clerical task. Using an IQ, gender, and task parameter matched NT control sample, we found that adults with ASC experience marginally less task disruption from a robot interrupter comparatively to a human. We surmise that robot-assisted therapy for adults with the condition is a potential research avenue worth further exploration.

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Mannem SMacke WStone PMirsky R(2023)Exploring the Cost of Interruptions in Human-Robot Teaming2023 IEEE-RAS 22nd International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)10.1109/Humanoids57100.2023.10375236(1-8)Online publication date: 12-Dec-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/Humanoids57100.2023.10375236
Ramnauth RAdéníran EAdamson TLewkowicz MGiridharan RReiner CScassellati BSakamoto DWeiss AHiatt LShiomi M(2022)A Social Robot for Improving Interruptions Tolerance and Employability in Adults with ASDProceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.5555/3523760.3523766(4-13)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3523760.3523766

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"Sorry to Disturb You": Autism and Robot Interruptions

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HRI '20: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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DOI:10.1145/3371382

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Mannem SMacke WStone PMirsky R(2023)Exploring the Cost of Interruptions in Human-Robot Teaming2023 IEEE-RAS 22nd International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)10.1109/Humanoids57100.2023.10375236(1-8)Online publication date: 12-Dec-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/Humanoids57100.2023.10375236
Ramnauth RAdéníran EAdamson TLewkowicz MGiridharan RReiner CScassellati BSakamoto DWeiss AHiatt LShiomi M(2022)A Social Robot for Improving Interruptions Tolerance and Employability in Adults with ASDProceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.5555/3523760.3523766(4-13)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3523760.3523766

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