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2019[ to top ]

Modeling and Evaluating Emotion, Contextual Head Movement and Voices for a Social Robot Storyteller Striepe, Hendrik; Donnermann, Melissa; Lein, Martina; Lugrin, Birgit in International Journal of Social Robotics (2019).
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@article{Striepe2019, author = {Striepe, Hendrik and Donnermann, Melissa and Lein, Martina and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {International Journal of Social Robotics}, keywords = {lein}, title = {Modeling and Evaluating Emotion, Contextual Head Movement and Voices for a Social Robot Storyteller}, year = 2019 }

%0 Journal Article %1 Striepe2019 %A Striepe, Hendrik %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Lein, Martina %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2019 %J International Journal of Social Robotics %R 10.1007/s12369-019-00570-7 %T Modeling and Evaluating Emotion, Contextual Head Movement and Voices for a Social Robot Storyteller

2018[ to top ]

Do I act familiar? Investigating the Similarity-Attraction Principle on Culture-specific Communicative behaviour for Social Robots Lugrin, Birgit; Bartl, Andrea; Striepe, Hendrik; Lax, Jennifer; Toriizuka, Takashi in International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), IROS \u002718 (2018). 2033–2039.
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Culture, amongst other individual and social factors, plays a crucial role in human-human interactions. If robots should become a part of our society, they should be able to act in culture-specific manners as well. In this paper, we showcase the implementation of a cultural dichotomy, namely individualism vs. collectivism, in a social robots\u0027 conversation. Presenting these conversations to human observers from Germany and Japan, we investigate whether the implemented differences are recognized as such, and whether stereotypical culture-specific behaviours that correspond to the observers\u0027 cultural background is preferred. Results suggest that the manipulations in behaviour had the intended effect, but are not reflected in personal preferences.

@inproceedings{lugrin2018familiar, abstract = {Culture, amongst other individual and social factors, plays a crucial role in human-human interactions. If robots should become a part of our society, they should be able to act in culture-specific manners as well. In this paper, we showcase the implementation of a cultural dichotomy, namely individualism vs. collectivism, in a social robots\u0027 conversation. Presenting these conversations to human observers from Germany and Japan, we investigate whether the implemented differences are recognized as such, and whether stereotypical culture-specific behaviours that correspond to the observers\u0027 cultural background is preferred. Results suggest that the manipulations in behaviour had the intended effect, but are not reflected in personal preferences.}, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Bartl, Andrea and Striepe, Hendrik and Lax, Jennifer and Toriizuka, Takashi}, booktitle = {International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018)}, keywords = {mi}, pages = {2033-2039}, publisher = {IEEE}, series = {IROS \u002718}, title = {Do I act familiar? Investigating the Similarity-Attraction Principle on Culture-specific Communicative behaviour for Social Robots}, year = 2018 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 lugrin2018familiar %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Bartl, Andrea %A Striepe, Hendrik %A Lax, Jennifer %A Toriizuka, Takashi %B International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018) %D 2018 %I IEEE %P 2033-2039 %T Do I act familiar? Investigating the Similarity-Attraction Principle on Culture-specific Communicative behaviour for Social Robots %X Culture, amongst other individual and social factors, plays a crucial role in human-human interactions. If robots should become a part of our society, they should be able to act in culture-specific manners as well. In this paper, we showcase the implementation of a cultural dichotomy, namely individualism vs. collectivism, in a social robots\u0027 conversation. Presenting these conversations to human observers from Germany and Japan, we investigate whether the implemented differences are recognized as such, and whether stereotypical culture-specific behaviours that correspond to the observers\u0027 cultural background is preferred. Results suggest that the manipulations in behaviour had the intended effect, but are not reflected in personal preferences.

2017[ to top ]

There Once Was a Robot Storyteller: Measuring the Effects of Emotion and Non-verbal Behaviour Striepe, Hendrik; Lugrin, Birgit in 9th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017), LNCS (2017).
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Social Robots bear great potential to tell stories to human listeners. Through their embodiment and ability to display non-verbal and emotional behaviour, additional modalities can be used to transport the user into the story compared to traditional media such as books or audio books. Based on theoretical knowledge about the design of social robot storytellers and the analysis of human storytellers, we designed the behaviour of an emotional social robot storyteller and compared it to a neutral version of the robotic storyteller and the voice of a human story- teller represented by an audio book. Results suggest that the emotional robot is able to transport the participants equally well as the traditional audio book, while the neutral robot performed worse. We therefore claim, that emotional behaviour in the domain of robotic storytelling should be carefully designed to support the story rather then preventing a good transportation.

@inproceedings{striepe2017there, abstract = {Social Robots bear great potential to tell stories to human listeners. Through their embodiment and ability to display non-verbal and emotional behaviour, additional modalities can be used to transport the user into the story compared to traditional media such as books or audio books. Based on theoretical knowledge about the design of social robot storytellers and the analysis of human storytellers, we designed the behaviour of an emotional social robot storyteller and compared it to a neutral version of the robotic storyteller and the voice of a human story- teller represented by an audio book. Results suggest that the emotional robot is able to transport the participants equally well as the traditional audio book, while the neutral robot performed worse. We therefore claim, that emotional behaviour in the domain of robotic storytelling should be carefully designed to support the story rather then preventing a good transportation.}, author = {Striepe, Hendrik and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {9th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017)}, keywords = {mi}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {There Once Was a Robot Storyteller: Measuring the Effects of Emotion and Non-verbal Behaviour}, year = 2017 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 striepe2017there %A Striepe, Hendrik %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 9th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017) %D 2017 %I Springer %R https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_13 %T There Once Was a Robot Storyteller: Measuring the Effects of Emotion and Non-verbal Behaviour %U https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_13 %X Social Robots bear great potential to tell stories to human listeners. Through their embodiment and ability to display non-verbal and emotional behaviour, additional modalities can be used to transport the user into the story compared to traditional media such as books or audio books. Based on theoretical knowledge about the design of social robot storytellers and the analysis of human storytellers, we designed the behaviour of an emotional social robot storyteller and compared it to a neutral version of the robotic storyteller and the voice of a human story- teller represented by an audio book. Results suggest that the emotional robot is able to transport the participants equally well as the traditional audio book, while the neutral robot performed worse. We therefore claim, that emotional behaviour in the domain of robotic storytelling should be carefully designed to support the story rather then preventing a good transportation. %@ 978-3-319-70021-2

2016[ to top ]

A Low-cost, Variable, Interactive Surface for Mixed-Reality Tabletop Games Fischbach, Martin; Striepe, Hendrik; Latoschik, Marc Erich; Lugrin, Birgit in 22nd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2016), VRST \u002716 (2016). 297–298.
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This paper introduces an interactive surface concept for Mixed Reality (MR) tabletop games that combines a variable (LCD and/or projection) screen configuration with the detection of finger touches, in-air gestures, and tangibles. It is low-cost and minimally requires an ordinary table, a TV screen, and a Kinect v2 sensor. Existing applications can easily be connected by being compliant to standards. The concept is intended to foster further research on collaborative tabletop situations, not limited to games, but also in- cluding learning, meetings, and social interaction.

@inproceedings{fischbach2016lowcost, abstract = {This paper introduces an interactive surface concept for Mixed Reality (MR) tabletop games that combines a variable (LCD and/or projection) screen configuration with the detection of finger touches, in-air gestures, and tangibles. It is low-cost and minimally requires an ordinary table, a TV screen, and a Kinect v2 sensor. Existing applications can easily be connected by being compliant to standards. The concept is intended to foster further research on collaborative tabletop situations, not limited to games, but also in- cluding learning, meetings, and social interaction.}, author = {Fischbach, Martin and Striepe, Hendrik and Latoschik, Marc Erich and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {22nd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2016)}, keywords = {mi}, pages = {297-298}, publisher = {ACM}, series = {VRST \u002716}, title = {A Low-cost, Variable, Interactive Surface for Mixed-Reality Tabletop Games}, year = 2016 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 fischbach2016lowcost %A Fischbach, Martin %A Striepe, Hendrik %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 22nd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2016) %D 2016 %I ACM %P 297-298 %T A Low-cost, Variable, Interactive Surface for Mixed-Reality Tabletop Games %U http://dl.acm.org/authorize?N21397 %X This paper introduces an interactive surface concept for Mixed Reality (MR) tabletop games that combines a variable (LCD and/or projection) screen configuration with the detection of finger touches, in-air gestures, and tangibles. It is low-cost and minimally requires an ordinary table, a TV screen, and a Kinect v2 sensor. Existing applications can easily be connected by being compliant to standards. The concept is intended to foster further research on collaborative tabletop situations, not limited to games, but also in- cluding learning, meetings, and social interaction.

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