Interactional disparities in English and arabic native speakers with a bi-lingual robot receptionist

• Published in: 2011 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) pp. 133 - 134
• Main Authors: Fanaswala, I., Browning, B., Sakr, M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.03.2011
• Subjects: Educational institutions; Experimentation; Human Factors; Human robot interaction; Humans; Public relations; Radio access networks; Robot sensing systems

HRI studies in a Middle Eastern environment are subject to nuances and subtleties. This study explores the nature of interactions, in an uncontrolled environment, between a permanently deployed bi-lingual robot-receptionist and interlocutors of varied native tongues. We correlate an interlocutor...