Context Matters! Identifying Social Context Factors and Assessing Their Relevance for a Socially Assistive Robot

ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), pp. 409–411

Abstract

In three online studies we examine which social context factors determine whether a robot should (not) deliver a message/reminder to its user using three scenarios: a smart kitchen (n = 101), a smart living room (n = 96) and a smart office (n = 96). In addition, we varied the nature of the message (urgent/non-urgent; sensitive/non-sensitive). In this late braking report, we present some preliminary insights on the nature of the situations and message types for which participants would prefer the message to be delivered.

Authors 4

1. Astrid Marieke Rosenthal-Von Der Pütten Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

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   RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

2. Birgit Lugrin

   University of Würzburg

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   University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

3. Sophia C. Steinhaeusser

   University of Würzburg

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   University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

4. Lina Klass

   University of Würzburg

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   University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany