Human perception of intrinsically motivated autonomy in human-robot interaction

• Published in: Adaptive behavior Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 451 - 472
• Main Authors: Scheunemann, Marcus M, Salge, Christoph, Polani, Daniel, Dautenhahn, Kerstin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2022
• Subjects: Intrinsic motivation; human-robot interaction; social cognition; user study; predictive information; embodied cognition

A challenge in using robots in human-inhabited environments is to design behavior that is engaging, yet robust to the perturbations induced by human interaction. Our idea is to imbue the robot with intrinsic motivation (IM) so that it can handle new situations and appears as a genuine social other t...