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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The Effects of an Impolite vs. a Polite Robot Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors

Authors : Álvaro Castro-González, José Carlos Castillo, Fernando Alonso-Martín, Olmer V. Olortegui-Ortega, Victor González-Pacheco, María Malfaz, Miguel A. Salichs

Published in: Social Robotics

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

There is a growing interest in the Human-Robot Interaction community towards studying the effect of the attitude of a social robot during the interaction with users. Similar to human-human interaction, variations in the robot’s attitude may cause substantial differences in the perception of the robot. In this work, we present a preliminary study to assess the effects of the robot’s verbal attitude while playing rock-paper-scissors with several subjects. During the game the robot was programmed to behave either in a polite or impolite manner by changing the content of the utterances. In the experiments, 12 participants played with the robot and completed a questionnaire to evaluate their impressions. The results showed that a polite robot is perceived as more likable and more engaging than a rude, defiant robot.

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Metadata
Title
The Effects of an Impolite vs. a Polite Robot Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors
Authors
Álvaro Castro-González
José Carlos Castillo
Fernando Alonso-Martín
Olmer V. Olortegui-Ortega
Victor González-Pacheco
María Malfaz
Miguel A. Salichs
Copyright Year
2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47437-3_30

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