TY - GEN
T1 - Security and guidance
T2 - 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2017
AU - Trovato, Gabriele
AU - Lopez, Alexander
AU - Paredes, Renato
AU - Cuellar, Francisco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/12/8
Y1 - 2017/12/8
N2 - Security is one of the possible fields in human society in which robotics can be applied. Human guards usually perform a range of tasks in which a robot can provide help. A security company collaborated with us in the design and development of a robot that should serve in patrolling large indoor areas, interacting with humans, welcoming, providing information, and be a telepresence platform for the human security guards. In this paper we present a preliminary experiment which involved this new robot in two roles: security and guidance. The former being important especially during night, and the latter being common in daytime, when guards are usually interacting with people who ask them information. The results of the experiment with 55 participants showed how the perception of the appearance of the robot and its effectiveness are influenced by its behaviour and its related perceived more authoritative or kinder traits. These results provide useful indication for the employment of robot guards in a real world situation.
AB - Security is one of the possible fields in human society in which robotics can be applied. Human guards usually perform a range of tasks in which a robot can provide help. A security company collaborated with us in the design and development of a robot that should serve in patrolling large indoor areas, interacting with humans, welcoming, providing information, and be a telepresence platform for the human security guards. In this paper we present a preliminary experiment which involved this new robot in two roles: security and guidance. The former being important especially during night, and the latter being common in daytime, when guards are usually interacting with people who ask them information. The results of the experiment with 55 participants showed how the perception of the appearance of the robot and its effectiveness are influenced by its behaviour and its related perceived more authoritative or kinder traits. These results provide useful indication for the employment of robot guards in a real world situation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045736122&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172307
DO - 10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172307
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85045736122
T3 - RO-MAN 2017 - 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
SP - 230
EP - 235
BT - RO-MAN 2017 - 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 28 August 2017 through 1 September 2017
ER -