Prosody for Intuitive Robotic Interface Design: It's Not What You Said, It's How You Said It

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Autori principali: Sanoubari, Elaheh, Iscen, Atil, Takayama, Leila, Saliceti, Stefano, Cunningham, Corbin, Caluwaerts, Ken
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Sanoubari, Elaheh
Iscen, Atil
Takayama, Leila
Saliceti, Stefano
Cunningham, Corbin
Caluwaerts, Ken
author_facet Sanoubari, Elaheh
Iscen, Atil
Takayama, Leila
Saliceti, Stefano
Cunningham, Corbin
Caluwaerts, Ken
contents In this paper, we investigate the use of 'prosody' (the musical elements of speech) as a communicative signal for intuitive human-robot interaction interfaces. Our approach, rooted in Research through Design (RtD), examines the application of prosody in directing a quadruped robot navigation. We involved ten team members in an experiment to command a robot through an obstacle course using natural interaction. A human operator, serving as the robot's sensory and processing proxy, translated human communication into a basic set of navigation commands, effectively simulating an intuitive interface. During our analysis of interaction videos, when lexical and visual cues proved insufficient for accurate command interpretation, we turned to non-verbal auditory cues. Qualitative evidence suggests that participants intuitively relied on prosody to control robot navigation. We highlight specific distinct prosodic constructs that emerged from this preliminary exploration and discuss their pragmatic functions. This work contributes a discussion on the broader potential of prosody as a multifunctional communicative signal for designing future intuitive robotic interfaces, enabling lifelong learning and personalization in human-robot interaction.
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spellingShingle Prosody for Intuitive Robotic Interface Design: It's Not What You Said, It's How You Said It
Sanoubari, Elaheh
Iscen, Atil
Takayama, Leila
Saliceti, Stefano
Cunningham, Corbin
Caluwaerts, Ken
Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction
In this paper, we investigate the use of 'prosody' (the musical elements of speech) as a communicative signal for intuitive human-robot interaction interfaces. Our approach, rooted in Research through Design (RtD), examines the application of prosody in directing a quadruped robot navigation. We involved ten team members in an experiment to command a robot through an obstacle course using natural interaction. A human operator, serving as the robot's sensory and processing proxy, translated human communication into a basic set of navigation commands, effectively simulating an intuitive interface. During our analysis of interaction videos, when lexical and visual cues proved insufficient for accurate command interpretation, we turned to non-verbal auditory cues. Qualitative evidence suggests that participants intuitively relied on prosody to control robot navigation. We highlight specific distinct prosodic constructs that emerged from this preliminary exploration and discuss their pragmatic functions. This work contributes a discussion on the broader potential of prosody as a multifunctional communicative signal for designing future intuitive robotic interfaces, enabling lifelong learning and personalization in human-robot interaction.
title Prosody for Intuitive Robotic Interface Design: It's Not What You Said, It's How You Said It
topic Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08144