Help-giving robot behaviors in child-robot games: Exploring Semantic Free Utterances

We present initial findings from an experiment where we used Semantic Free Utterances - vocalizations and sounds without semantic content - as an alternative to Natural Language in a child-robot collaborative game. We tested (i) if two types of Semantic Free Utterances could be accurately recognized...

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Published in2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) pp. 541 - 542
Main Authors Zaga, Cristina, De Vries, Roelof A. J., Spenkelink, Sem J., Truong, Khiet P., Evers, Vanessa
Format Conference Proceeding Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.03.2016
Subjects
Acoustics
child-robot interaction
Children
Collaboration
Conferences
Context
Games
Natural languages
Robots
semantic free utterances
Semantics
Speech
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Summary:We present initial findings from an experiment where we used Semantic Free Utterances - vocalizations and sounds without semantic content - as an alternative to Natural Language in a child-robot collaborative game. We tested (i) if two types of Semantic Free Utterances could be accurately recognized by the children; (ii) what effect the type of Semantic Free Utterances had as part of help-giving behaviors with in situ child-robot interaction. We discuss the potential benefits and pitfalls of Semantic Free Utterances for child-robot interaction.
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ISSN:2167-2148
DOI:10.1109/HRI.2016.7451846