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.

在这个项目中，PI将与日本丰桥工业大学(TUT)的冈田美雄博士机器人小组合作，以确定人们是否会对一模一样的机器人群体产生负面反应(就像他们对具有凝聚力的人类群体，如竞争对手运动队)。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让机器人专家变得更富有吗？了解来自不同文化和背景的人对机器人群体的看法。了解机器人群体的反应至关重要，因为机器人正变得越来越普遍，比如洗碗、用吸尘器打扫地板和教育孩子。日本是进行这项研究并与美国进行对比的理想地点，因为日本人更注重关系(而不是独立)，而且比美国人更容易接触机器人。这项研究还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；日本预计将是机器人的一个重要市场。为了理解机器人群体凝聚力或实体的组成部分是如何构成的？为了影响对它们的反应，本研究操纵了两种不同文化(美国、日本)中的机器人类型(单一、多样化群体、实体群体)。在整体性中，操纵、外观、行为、目标和结果要么是不同的，要么是相同的(即，实体性)。调查和行为测量将测试感知的实体、感知的威胁和攻击性。未来的研究将考察特定情况(例如，与机器人竞争还是合作)如何影响对实体性的反应。这些发现将在社会心理学和跨文化文献中加强对实体论的理解，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S科学节上向儿童和家庭传播这一发现。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。该奖项由东亚和太平洋暑期学院项目资助一名美国研究生的暑期研究，由NSF和日本科学促进会共同资助。