The Sound or Silence: investigating the influence of robot noise on proxemics

G. Trovato; P. Paredes; J. Balvin; F.  Cuellar; Nicolai Bæk Thomsen; Søren Bech; Zheng-Hua Tan

doi:10.1109/ROMAN.2018.8525795

The Sound or Silence: investigating the influence of robot noise on proxemics

G. Trovato, P. Paredes, J. Balvin, F. Cuellar, Nicolai Bæk Thomsen, Søren Bech, Zheng-Hua Tan

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Abstract

In the design of robots that have to share spaces with humans, design plays an important role in the acceptance, and sound is one further aspect that should not be neglected, in order to facilitate interaction and minimise repulsion. Following a previous research in which an uncomfortable noise from a robot was identified, we present an interaction study in which the same noise was tested in order to measure the effect on proxemics, as opposed to a silent condition and to a different version of the sound, masked with ambient music. The results obtained with the participation of 60 subjects show the effectiveness of the mask in avoiding the negative effect of the noise.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Number of pages	6
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	6 Nov 2018
Pages	713-718
Article number	8525795
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-7981-4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-7980-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2018.8525795
Publication status	Published - 6 Nov 2018
Event	27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) - Nanjing, China Duration: 27 Aug 2018 → 31 Aug 2018

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Conference	27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Country/Territory	China
City	Nanjing
Period	27/08/2018 → 31/08/2018

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Trovato, G, Paredes, P, Balvin, J, Cuellar, F, Thomsen, NB, Bech, S & Tan, Z-H 2018, The Sound or Silence: investigating the influence of robot noise on proxemics. in Proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication., 8525795, IEEE, pp. 713-718, 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Nanjing, China, 27/08/2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2018.8525795

The Sound or Silence: investigating the influence of robot noise on proxemics. / Trovato, G.; Paredes, P.; Balvin, J. et al.
Proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. IEEE, 2018. p. 713-718 8525795.

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