Social Robot as an Awareness Tool to Help Regulate Collaboration

Alix Gonnot (1, 2) , Christine Michel (1, 3, 2) , Jean-Charles Marty (1, 2) , Amélie Cordier (4)

1 LIRIS - Laboratoire d'InfoRmatique en Image et Systèmes d'information
2 SICAL - Situated Interaction, Collaboration, Adaptation and Learning
3 Techné [Poitiers] - Technologies numériques pour l'éducation [EA 6316]
4 Hoomano R&D [Lyon]

In collaborative learning, group awareness is a central issue. Being aware of the group's perceptions allows an adequate regulation of the activity. Our research explores whether a social robot can provide the necessary awareness. This study evaluates the usability and acceptability of a social robot used in such a role. The robot can express emotions and move according to territoriality principles, leading to a novel communication strategy. We designed and evaluated a learning situation where a Cozmo robot is included in a project meeting. As an awareness tool, it moves and expresses specific emotions that represent individual and group feelings to regulate learner communication behaviors.

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]; Robotique [cs.RO]

Alix Gonnot, Christine Michel, Jean-Charles Marty, Amélie Cordier. Social Robot as an Awareness Tool to Help Regulate Collaboration. Workshop on Robots for Learning (R4L) at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication, Oct 2019, New Dehli, India. ⟨hal-02317785⟩