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Teen-Robot Interaction: A Pilot Study of Engagement With a Low-Fidelity Prototype
Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
  • Elin A. Björling
  • Emma Rose, University of Washington Tacoma
  • Rachel Ren
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Abstract

Today's teens will most likely be the first generation to spend a lifetime living and interacting with both mechanical and social robots. Although human-robot interaction has been explored in children, adults, and seniors, examination of teen-robot interaction has been minimal. Using human-centered design, our team is developing a social robot to gather stress and mood data from teens in a public high school. As part of our preliminary design stage, we conducted a interaction pilot study in the wild to explore and capture teens' initial interactions with a low-fidelity social robot prototype. We observed strong engagement and expressions of empathy from teens during our qualitative, interaction studies.

DOI
10.1145/3173386.3177068
Citation Information
Elin A. Björling, Emma Rose and Rachel Ren. "Teen-Robot Interaction: A Pilot Study of Engagement With a Low-Fidelity Prototype" Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (2018) p. 69 - 70
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/emma_rose/31/