A storytelling robot: Modeling and evaluation of human-like gaze behavior

被引:202
作者
Mutlu, Bilge [1 ]
Forlizzi, Jodi [1 ]
Hodgins, Jessica [2 ]
机构
[1] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Human Comp Interact Inst, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[2] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Comp Sci Dept, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
来源
2006 6TH IEEE-RAS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMANOID ROBOTS, VOLS 1 AND 2 | 2006年
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10.1109/ichr.2006.321322
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TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
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0812 ;
摘要
Engaging storytelling is a necessary skill for humanoid robots if they are to be used in education and entertainment applications. Storytelling requires that the humanoid robot be aware of its audience and able to direct its gaze in a natural way. In this paper, we explore how human gaze can be modeled and implemented on a humanoid robot to create a natural, human-like behavior for storytelling. Our gaze model integrates data collected from a human storyteller and a discourse structure model developed by Cassell and her colleagues for human-like conversational agents [1]. We used this model to direct the gaze of a humanoid robot, Honda's ASIMO, as he recited a Japanese fairy tale using a pre-recorded human voice. We assessed the efficacy of this gaze algorithm by manipulating the frequency of ASIMO's gaze between two participants and used pre and post questionnaires to assess whether participants evaluated the robot more positively and did better on a recall task when ASIMO looked at them more. We found that participants performed significantly better in recalling ASIMO's story when the robot looked at them more. Our results also showed significant differences in how men and women evaluated ASIMO based on the frequency of gaze they received from the robot. Our study adds to the growing evidence that there are many commonalities between human-human communication and human-robot communication.
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