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The perception of a robot partner’s effort elicits a sense of commitment to human-robot interaction
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Székely, Marcell, Powell, Henry, Vannucci, Fabio, Rea, Francesco, Sciutti, Alessandra and Michael, John (2019) The perception of a robot partner’s effort elicits a sense of commitment to human-robot interaction. Interaction Studies, 20 (2). pp. 234-255. ISSN 1572-0373.
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Abstract
Previous research has shown that the perception that one’s partner is investing effort in a joint action can generate a sense of commitment, leading participants to persist longer despite increasing boredom. The current research extends this finding to human-robot interaction. We implemented a 2-player version of the classic snake game which became increasingly boring over the course of each round, and operationalized commitment in terms of how long participants persisted before pressing a ‘finish’ button to conclude each round. Participants were informed that they would be linked via internet with their partner, a humanoid robot. Our results reveal that participants persisted longer when they perceived what they believed to be cues of their robot partner’s effortful contribution to the joint action. This provides evidence that the perception of a robot partner’s effort can elicit a sense of commitment to human-robot interaction.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Interaction Studies | ||||
Publisher: | John Benjamin Publishing | ||||
ISSN: | 1572-0373 | ||||
Official Date: | 26 January 2019 | ||||
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Volume: | 20 | ||||
Number: | 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 234-255 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 January 2019 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 August 2019 | ||||
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