TY - GEN
T1 - Interaction between Vleo and Pleo, a virtual social character and a social robot
AU - Fernandez-Baena, Adso
AU - Boldu, Roger
AU - Albo-Canals, Jordi
AU - Miralles, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/11/20
Y1 - 2015/11/20
N2 - In this paper we explore the field of human robot interaction (HRI) by adding a new non-physical player in the interaction rather than only humans and robots. It is a proven fact that physical robots enhance the immersion perception compared to only virtual agents. Thus, we created a shared environment with a Pleo Robot and a Virtual Pleo Robot, which we called Vleo, connected through a server to explore this new paradigm in order to see if the engagement during the interaction is improved in intensity and duration. A straightforward set of interactions between Pleo and Vleo have been designed to create narratives and therefore, tested with a group of 8-12 year old children. Results from the test suggest that virtual social robots are a good way to enhance interaction with physical social robots.
AB - In this paper we explore the field of human robot interaction (HRI) by adding a new non-physical player in the interaction rather than only humans and robots. It is a proven fact that physical robots enhance the immersion perception compared to only virtual agents. Thus, we created a shared environment with a Pleo Robot and a Virtual Pleo Robot, which we called Vleo, connected through a server to explore this new paradigm in order to see if the engagement during the interaction is improved in intensity and duration. A straightforward set of interactions between Pleo and Vleo have been designed to create narratives and therefore, tested with a group of 8-12 year old children. Results from the test suggest that virtual social robots are a good way to enhance interaction with physical social robots.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333597
DO - 10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333597
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84954057341
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
SP - 694
EP - 699
BT - RO-MAN 2015 - 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Symposium Digest
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2015
Y2 - 31 August 2015 through 4 September 2015
ER -