If robots are to communicate with humans in a successful manner, they will need to be able to take and give turns during conversations. Effective and appropriate turn-taking and turn-yielding actions are crucial in doing so. The present study investigates the objective and subjective performance of four different turn-yielding cues performed by a NAO robot. The results show that an artificial cue, flashing eye-LEDs, lead to significantly shorter response times by the conversational partner than not giving any cue and was experienced as an improvement to the conversation. However, stopping arm movement or head turning cues showed, respectively, no significant difference or even longer response times compared to the baseline condition. Conclusions are that turn-yielding cues can lead to improved conversations, though it depends on the type of cue, and that copying human turn-yielding cues is not necessarily the best option for robots.
Turn-yielding cues in robot-human conversation
2015-01-01
van Schendel , J A & Cuijpers , R H 2015 , ' Turn-yielding cues in robot-human conversation ' , Paper presented at AISB Convention 2015, Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, 20-22 April 2015, Canterbury, 2015 , Canterbury , United Kingdom , 20/04/15 - 22/04/15 .
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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