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

EAPSI：研究人类对机器人群体的感知，以增强人机协作和机器人设计

• 批准号: 1613902
• 负责人: Marlena Fraune
• 金额: $ 0.04万
• 依托单位: Fraune Marlena R
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-15 至 2017-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1613902&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAPSI; Investigating; Human; Perceptions; Groups

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.

在该项目中，PI将与日本Toyohashi技术大学（TUT）的Michio Okada博士机器人小组合作，以确定人们是否对相同机器人的群体（就像对诸如竞争对手运动队之类的凝聚力人类团体一样）的反应。 PI目前正在美国进行类似的研究，并将比较两项研究的结果，以确定跨文化的反应差异。比较跨文化的反应会丰富机器人主义者吗？了解来自不同文化和背景的人们如何查看机器人群体。了解对机器人组的反应至关重要，因为机器人变得越来越普遍，洗碗，真空地板和教育儿童。日本是进行研究以与美国进行对比结果的理想场所，因为日本人更面向关系（而不是以独立为导向），并且比美国人更容易接触机器人。这项研究还将有助于开发我们为美国国家和国际市场设计机器人的能力。预计日本将成为机器人的重要市场。了解机器人组的凝聚力或权利的组成部分是如何的？影响对它们的反应，这项研究操纵了两种不同文化（美国，日本）的机器人类型（单一，多元化群体，权威群体）。在权威性操纵中，外观，行为，目标和结果将是多样的或相同的（即权威）。调查和行为措施将测试感知的权利，感知的威胁和侵略性。未来的研究将研究特定情况（例如，竞争与与机器人合作）如何影响对权利的反应。调查结果将增强对社会心理学和跨文化文学的权利的理解，并增强与人类互动的机器人。研究人员将向印第安纳大学的科学节向儿童和家庭传播结果。这次旅行还将扩展印第安纳大学和TUT之间的合作。在东亚和太平洋夏季研究所计划下的该奖项支持美国一名研究生的夏季研究，并由NSF和日本促进科学学会共同资助。