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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19082 |
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| author | Ringe, Rachel Thiele, Leandra Pomarlan, Mihai Zargham, Nima Nolte, Robin Hurrelbrink, Lars Malaka, Rainer |
| author_facet | Ringe, Rachel Thiele, Leandra Pomarlan, Mihai Zargham, Nima Nolte, Robin Hurrelbrink, Lars Malaka, Rainer |
| contents | This study explores which factors of the visual design of a robot may influence how humans would place it in a collaborative cooking scenario and how these features may influence task delegation. Human participants were placed in a Virtual Reality (VR) environment and asked to set up a kitchen for cooking alongside a robot companion while considering the robot's morphology. We collected multimodal data for the arrangements created by the participants, transcripts of their think-aloud as they were performing the task, and transcripts of their answers to structured post-task questionnaires. Based on analyzing this data, we formulate several hypotheses: humans prefer to collaborate with biomorphic robots; human beliefs about the sensory capabilities of robots are less influenced by the morphology of the robot than beliefs about action capabilities; and humans will implement fewer avoidance strategies when sharing space with gracile robots. We intend to verify these hypotheses in follow-up studies. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Bot Appétit! Exploring how Robot Morphology Shapes Perceived Affordances via a Mise en Place Scenario in a VR Kitchen Ringe, Rachel Thiele, Leandra Pomarlan, Mihai Zargham, Nima Nolte, Robin Hurrelbrink, Lars Malaka, Rainer Robotics This study explores which factors of the visual design of a robot may influence how humans would place it in a collaborative cooking scenario and how these features may influence task delegation. Human participants were placed in a Virtual Reality (VR) environment and asked to set up a kitchen for cooking alongside a robot companion while considering the robot's morphology. We collected multimodal data for the arrangements created by the participants, transcripts of their think-aloud as they were performing the task, and transcripts of their answers to structured post-task questionnaires. Based on analyzing this data, we formulate several hypotheses: humans prefer to collaborate with biomorphic robots; human beliefs about the sensory capabilities of robots are less influenced by the morphology of the robot than beliefs about action capabilities; and humans will implement fewer avoidance strategies when sharing space with gracile robots. We intend to verify these hypotheses in follow-up studies. |
| title | Bot Appétit! Exploring how Robot Morphology Shapes Perceived Affordances via a Mise en Place Scenario in a VR Kitchen |
| topic | Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19082 |