Design patterns for an interactive storytelling robot to support children's engagement and agency

Mike E.U. Ligthart; Mark A. Neerincx; Koen V. Hindriks

doi:10.1145/3319502.3374826

Design patterns for an interactive storytelling robot to support children's engagement and agency

Mike E.U. Ligthart, Mark A. Neerincx, Koen V. Hindriks

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In this paper we specify and validate three interaction design patterns for an interactive storytelling experience with an autonomous social robot. The patterns enable the child to make decisions about the story by talking with the robot, reenact parts of the story together with the robot, and recording self-made sound effects. The design patterns successfully support children's engagement and agency. A user study (N = 27, 8-10 y.o.) showed that children paid more attention to the robot, enjoyed the storytelling experience more, and could recall more about the story, when the design patterns were employed by the robot during storytelling. All three aspects are important features of engagement. Children felt more autonomous during storytelling with the design patterns and highly appreciated that the design patterns allowed them to express themselves more freely. Both aspects are important features of children's agency. Important lessons we have learned are that reducing points of confusion and giving the children more time to make themselves heard by the robot will improve the patterns efficiency to support engagement and agency. Allowing children to pick and choose from a diverse set of stories and interaction settings would make the storytelling experience more inclusive for a broader range of children.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HRI '20
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	409-418
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450367462
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3319502.3374826
Publication status	Published - 9 Mar 2020
Event	15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, HRI 2020 - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 23 Mar 2020 → 26 Mar 2020

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Name	ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
ISSN (Electronic)	2167-2148

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Conference	15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, HRI 2020
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cambridge
Period	23/03/20 → 26/03/20

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This work is part of the Hero project and is supported by the research program ‘Technology for Oncology’ (grand number 15198), which is financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF Kankerbestrijd-ing), the TKI Life Sciences & Health, ASolutions, Brocacef, and the Cancer Health Coach. The research consortium consists of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Delft University of Technology, Princess Máxima Center, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), and the University Medical Centers Amsterdam UMC.

Keywords

Agency
Child-Robot Interaction
Engagement
Interactive Storytelling

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Ligthart, M. E. U., Neerincx, M. A., & Hindriks, K. V. (2020). Design patterns for an interactive storytelling robot to support children's engagement and agency. In HRI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 409-418). (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1145/3319502.3374826

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Ligthart, MEU, Neerincx, MA & Hindriks, KV 2020, Design patterns for an interactive storytelling robot to support children's engagement and agency. in HRI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 409-418, 15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, HRI 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 23/03/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3319502.3374826

Design patterns for an interactive storytelling robot to support children's engagement and agency. / Ligthart, Mike E.U.; Neerincx, Mark A.; Hindriks, Koen V.
HRI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE Computer Society, 2020. p. 409-418 (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction).

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