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Physiologically Inspired Blinking Behavior for a Humanoid Robot

verfasst von : Hagen Lehmann, Alessandro Roncone, Ugo Pattacini, Giorgio Metta

Erschienen in: Social Robotics

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Blinking behavior is an important part of human nonverbal communication. It signals the psychological state of the social partner. In this study, we implemented different blinking behaviors for a humanoid robot with pronounced physical eyes. The blinking patterns implemented were either statistical or based on human physiological data. We investigated in an online study the influence of the different behaviors on the perception of the robot by human users with the help of the Godspeed questionnaire. Our results showed that, in the condition with human-like blinking behavior, the robot was perceived as being more intelligent compared to not blinking or statistical blinking. As we will argue, this finding represents the starting point for the design of a ‘holistic’ social robotic behavior.

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Metadaten
Titel
Physiologically Inspired Blinking Behavior for a Humanoid Robot
verfasst von
Hagen Lehmann
Alessandro Roncone
Ugo Pattacini
Giorgio Metta
Copyright-Jahr
2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47437-3_9