Design Activity for Robot Faces: Evaluating Child Responses To Expressive Faces
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| author | Oliva, Denielle Knight, Joshua Becker, Tyler J Amistani, Heather Nicolescu, Monica Feil-Seifer, David |
| author_facet | Oliva, Denielle Knight, Joshua Becker, Tyler J Amistani, Heather Nicolescu, Monica Feil-Seifer, David |
| contents | Facial expressiveness plays a crucial role in a robot's ability to engage and interact with children. Prior research has shown that expressive robots can enhance child engagement during human-robot interactions. However, many robots used in therapy settings feature non-personalized, static faces designed with traditional facial feature considerations, which can limit the depth of interactions and emotional connections. Digital faces offer opportunities for personalization, yet the current landscape of robot face design lacks a dynamic, user-centered approach. Specifically, there is a significant research gap in designing robot faces based on child preferences. Instead, most robots in child-focused therapy spaces are developed from an adult-centric perspective. We present a novel study investigating the influence of child-drawn digital faces in child-robot interactions. This approach focuses on a design activity with children instructed to draw their own custom robot faces. We compare the perceptions of social intelligence (PSI) of two implementations: a generic digital face and a robot face, personalized using the user's drawn robot faces. The results of this study show the perceived social intelligence of a child-drawn robot was significantly higher compared to a generic face. |
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| spellingShingle | Design Activity for Robot Faces: Evaluating Child Responses To Expressive Faces Oliva, Denielle Knight, Joshua Becker, Tyler J Amistani, Heather Nicolescu, Monica Feil-Seifer, David Robotics Human-Computer Interaction Facial expressiveness plays a crucial role in a robot's ability to engage and interact with children. Prior research has shown that expressive robots can enhance child engagement during human-robot interactions. However, many robots used in therapy settings feature non-personalized, static faces designed with traditional facial feature considerations, which can limit the depth of interactions and emotional connections. Digital faces offer opportunities for personalization, yet the current landscape of robot face design lacks a dynamic, user-centered approach. Specifically, there is a significant research gap in designing robot faces based on child preferences. Instead, most robots in child-focused therapy spaces are developed from an adult-centric perspective. We present a novel study investigating the influence of child-drawn digital faces in child-robot interactions. This approach focuses on a design activity with children instructed to draw their own custom robot faces. We compare the perceptions of social intelligence (PSI) of two implementations: a generic digital face and a robot face, personalized using the user's drawn robot faces. The results of this study show the perceived social intelligence of a child-drawn robot was significantly higher compared to a generic face. |
| title | Design Activity for Robot Faces: Evaluating Child Responses To Expressive Faces |
| topic | Robotics Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.08117 |