Effect of Motion and Hand Shape of a Massage Robot on Social Impression: Exploratory study in a Virtual Environment
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Date
2020
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
We aimed to investigate the effects of motion pattern and hand shape on social impressions of a massage robot. The experiment was performed in a virtual environment as an exploratory study. Participants observed a massage robot touching their body, and answered the Robot Social Attributes Scale. There were two motion patterns (discontinuous and smooth) and three types of end effectors (ball, robot hand, and human hand). We found that the massage robot was perceived more competent, warmer, and more comfortable when it moved smoothly than when it moved discontinuously, and the impression of warmth was higher for the human hand than the ball end effector. These results suggest that the massage robot should move smoothly and it would be better if its end effector is like a human hand.
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@inproceedings{10.2312:egve.20201278,
booktitle = {ICAT-EGVE 2020 - International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments - Posters and Demos},
editor = {Kulik, Alexander and Sra, Misha and Kim, Kangsoo and Seo, Byung-Kuk},
title = {{Effect of Motion and Hand Shape of a Massage Robot on Social Impression: Exploratory study in a Virtual Environment}},
author = {Yamamoto, Kyosuke and Kato, Yuki and Tasaki, Ryosuke and Akiduki, Takuma and Mashimo, Tomoaki and Honna, Atsuo and Kitazaki, Michiteru},
year = {2020},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1727-530X},
ISBN = {978-3-03868-112-0},
DOI = {10.2312/egve.20201278}
}