Social roboticists design their robots to function as social agents in interaction with humans and other robots. Although we do not deny that the robot’s design features are crucial for attaining this aim, we point to the relevance of spatial organization and coordination between the robot and the humans who interact with it. We recover these interactions through an observational study of a social robotics laboratory and examine them by applying a multimodal interactional analysis to two moments of robotics practice. We describe the vital role of roboticists and of the group of preverbal infants, who are involved in a robot’s design activity, and we argue that the robot’s social character is intrinsically related to the subtleties of human interactional moves in laboratories of social robotics. This human involvement in the robot’s social agency is not simply controlled by individual will. Instead, the human–machine couplings are demanded by the situational dynamics in which the robot is lodged.
VL - 41 IS - 6 ER - TY - CONF T1 - A barebones communicative robot based on social contingency and Infomax Control T2 - The 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2008. RO-MAN 2008 Y1 - 2008 A1 - Tanaka, F. A1 - Movellan, J. KW - Actuators KW - barebones communicative robot KW - Communication system control KW - Delay KW - Detectors KW - Human robot interaction KW - human-model updating capability KW - humanoid robots KW - Hydrogen KW - Infomax control KW - man-machine systems KW - Pediatrics KW - policy improvement KW - Robot control KW - Robot sensing systems KW - Scheduling KW - social contingency AB -In this paper, we present a barebones robot which is capable of interacting with humans based on social contingency. It expands the previous work of a contingency detector into having both human-model updating (developmental capability) and policy improvement (learning capability) based on the framework of Infomax control. The proposed new controller interacts with humans in both active and responsive ways handling the turn-taking between them.
JF - The 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2008. RO-MAN 2008 PB - IEEE CY - Munich SN - 978-1-4244-2212-8 ER - TY - Generic T1 - The RUBI Project: A Progress Report T2 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE International Conference of Human-Robot Interaction Y1 - 2007 A1 - Tanaka, F. A1 - Movellan, J. A1 - Taylor, C. A1 - Ruvolo, P. A1 - Eckhardt, M. JF - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE International Conference of Human-Robot Interaction ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Socialization between toddlers and robots at an early childhood education center JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Y1 - 2007 A1 - Tanaka, F. A1 - Cicourel, A. A1 - Movellan, J. VL - 104 IS - 46 ER - TY - Generic T1 - Behavior Analysis of Children’s Touch on a Small Humanoid Robot: Long-term Observation at a Daily Classroom over Three Months T2 - Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) Y1 - 2006 A1 - Tanaka, F. A1 - Movellan, J. JF - Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) PB - Hatfield CY - United Kingdom ER - TY - Generic T1 - Daily HRI evaluation at a classroom environment: Reports from dance interaction experiments T2 - Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Y1 - 2006 A1 - Tanaka, F. A1 - Movellan, J. A1 - Fortenberry, B. A1 - Aisaka, K. JF - Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) CY - Salt Lake City ER - TY - CONF T1 - The RUBI Project: Designing Everyday Robots by Immersion T2 - Fifth International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL) Y1 - 2006 A1 - Tanaka, F. A1 - Movellan, J. JF - Fifth International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL) CY - Bloomington, U.S.A ER - TY - Generic T1 - Developing Dance Interaction between QRIO and Toddlers in a Classroom Environment: Plans for the First Steps T2 - Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) Y1 - 2005 A1 - Tanaka, F. A1 - Fortenberry, B. A1 - Aisaka, K. A1 - Movellan, J. KW - Best Paper Award JF - Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) CY - Nashville, U.S.A. ER - TY - Generic T1 - Plans for developing real-time dance interaction between qrio and toddlers in a classroom environment T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL05) Y1 - 2005 A1 - Tanaka, F. A1 - Fortenberry, B. A1 - Aisaka, K. A1 - Movellan, J. JF - Proceedings of the International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL05) CY - Osaka, Japan ER - TY - Generic T1 - The RUBI project: Origins, principles and first steps T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL05) Y1 - 2005 A1 - Movellan, J. A1 - Tanaka, F. A1 - Fortenberry, B. A1 - Aisaka, K. JF - Proceedings of the International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL05) CY - Osaka, Japan ER -