Acceptability in interaction - From robots to Embodied Conversational Agent

Sylvie Pesty (1) , Dominique Duhaut (2)

1 Leibniz - IMAG - Laboratoire Leibniz
2 VALORIA - Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications de Vannes et Lorient

This paper will propose extending the traditional definition of system acceptability to take into account significant interaction between a man and a real or virtual system. We introduce the notion of "socially credible" which describes the need of emotions and personality in intelligent environment. This notion is measured by experiments using a plush robot Emi and a virtual embodied conversational agent.

Mots clés: Embodied Conversational Agents; acceptability; companion robot; emotions; personality; personality.

Domaines: Robotique [cs.RO]; Automatique / Robotique

Sylvie Pesty, Dominique Duhaut. Acceptability in interaction - From robots to Embodied Conversational Agent. Computer graphics theory and applications, Mar 2011, Algarve, Portugal. ⟨hal-00606085⟩