EAPSI:Investigating Human Perceptions of Groups of Robots to Enhance Human-Robot Collaboration and Robot Design

在这个项目中，PI将与Michio Okada博士合作。在日本丰田工业大学（TUT）的机器人研究小组，以确定人们是否会对一群相同的机器人做出负面反应（就像他们对有凝聚力的人类群体，如竞争对手的运动队一样）。PI目前正在美国进行一项类似的研究，并将比较两项研究的结果，以确定跨文化反应的差异。比较不同文化的反应会丰富机器人专家的知识吗？了解来自不同文化和背景的人如何看待一组机器人。了解人们对机器人群体的反应是至关重要的，因为机器人正变得越来越普遍，它们可以洗碗、吸尘和教育孩子。日本是进行这项研究的理想地点，将结果与美国进行对比，因为日本人更注重关系（而不是独立），而且比美国人更多地接触机器人。这项研究也将有助于发展我们为美国国内和国际市场设计机器人的能力；日本有望成为一个重要的机器人市场。要了解机器人群体的组成部分如何具有凝聚力或实体性？本研究在两种不同的文化（美国、日本）中操纵机器人类型（单一、多样化群体、实体群体）。在实体操纵中，外观、行为、目标和结果要么是不同的，要么是相同的（即实体）。调查和行为测量将测试感知实体，感知威胁和侵略。未来的研究将研究具体情况（例如，与机器人竞争或合作）如何影响对实体性的反应。研究结果将增强对社会心理学和跨文化文献中实体性的理解，并增强机器人未来与人类互动的能力。研究人员将在印第安纳大学传播这一发现。儿童和家庭的科学节。这次旅行还将扩大印第安纳大学和图坦卡蒙大学之间的合作。该奖项隶属于东亚和太平洋暑期研究所项目，由美国国家科学基金会和日本科学促进会共同资助，支持一名美国研究生进行暑期研究。

In this project, the PI will work with Dr. Michio Okada?s robotics group at Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT) in Japan to determine if people respond negatively to groups of identical robots (like they do toward cohesive human groups such as rival sports teams). The PI is currently conducting a similar study in the United States and will compare the results of the two studies to identify cross-cultural differences in responses. Comparing responses across cultures will enrich roboticists? understanding of how people from different cultures and backgrounds will view groups of robots. Understanding responses to groups of robots is critical because robots are becoming more prevalent, washing dishes, vacuuming floors, and educating children. Japan is the ideal location to perform the study to contrast results to the USA because Japanese people are more relationship-oriented (rather than independence-oriented) and have more exposure to robots than US Americans. This study will also contribute to developing our capabilities to design robots for both the US national and international markets; Japan is expected to be a significant market for robots. To understand how components of robot group cohesiveness or ?entitativity? affects responses to them, this study manipulates Robot Type (Single, Diverse Group, Entitative Group) in two Distinct Cultures (USA, Japan). In the entitativity manipulation, appearance, behavior, goals, and outcomes will be either diverse or identical (i.e., entitative). Survey and behavioral measures will test for perceived entitativity, perceived threat, and aggression. Future studies will examine how specific situations (e.g., competing versus cooperating with robots) affect responses to entitativity. Findings will enhance understanding of entitativity in social psychology and cross-cultural literatures and enhance robots for future interaction with humans. The researchers will disseminate the findings at Indiana University?s Science Fest to children and families. This travel will also extend collaboration between Indiana University and TUT. This award under the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes program supports summer research by a U.S. graduate student and is jointly funded by NSF and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.