A child and a robot getting acquainted - Interaction design for eliciting self-disclosure

Mike Ligthart; Kelly L.A. Van Bindsbergen; Timo Fernhout; Martha A. Grootenhuis; Mark A. Neerincx; Koen V. Hindriks

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A child and a robot getting acquainted - Interaction design for eliciting self-disclosure

Mike Ligthart, Kelly L.A. Van Bindsbergen, Timo Fernhout, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Mark A. Neerincx, Koen V. Hindriks

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In order to facilitate a sustainable long-term interaction between a child and a robot they need to get acquainted with one another. In this paper we discuss the foundation, the rationale, and the evaluation (N = 75) of our design for an autonomous robot conversational partner that engages with Dutch children (8-11 y.o.) in a getting acquainted interaction. The main objective of the robot is to elicit children to self-disclose. Firstly, we discuss five interaction design patterns (IDPs) that proved to be successful in autonomously eliciting and processing self-disclosures. Secondly, we compared two robot behavior profiles. The behavior profiles can be relatively considered as being more and less energetic. We manipulated the movement speed, the speech rate and volume, the use of high/low energy language, waiting time before responding, and the order of high/low energy activities. Results show that the less energetic behavior profile significantly leads to more self-disclosure.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	AAMAS '19
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems
Publisher	International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS)
Pages	61-70
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510892002
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5555/3306127.3331675
Publication status	Published - May 2019
Event	18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2019 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 13 May 2019 → 17 May 2019

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Name	Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	1548-8403
ISSN (Electronic)	1558-2914

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Conference	18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2019
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	13/05/19 → 17/05/19

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© 2019 International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (www.ifaamas.org). All rights reserved.

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Child-Robot interaction
Interaction design patterns
Social robots

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Ligthart, M., Van Bindsbergen, K. L. A., Fernhout, T., Grootenhuis, M. A., Neerincx, M. A., & Hindriks, K. V. (2019). A child and a robot getting acquainted - Interaction design for eliciting self-disclosure. In AAMAS '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (pp. 61-70). (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS; Vol. 1). International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS). https://doi.org/10.5555/3306127.3331675

Ligthart, Mike ; Van Bindsbergen, Kelly L.A. ; Fernhout, Timo et al. / A child and a robot getting acquainted - Interaction design for eliciting self-disclosure. AAMAS '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), 2019. pp. 61-70 (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS).

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Ligthart M, Van Bindsbergen KLA, Fernhout T, Grootenhuis MA, Neerincx MA, Hindriks KV. A child and a robot getting acquainted - Interaction design for eliciting self-disclosure. In AAMAS '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS). 2019. p. 61-70. (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS). Epub 2019 May 8. doi: 10.5555/3306127.3331675

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