Aesthetics of Robot-Mediated Applied Drama: A Case Study on REMind
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| author | Sanoubari, Elaheh Pan, Alicia Rebello, Keith Fernandes, Neil Houston, Andrew Dautenhahn, Kerstin |
| author_facet | Sanoubari, Elaheh Pan, Alicia Rebello, Keith Fernandes, Neil Houston, Andrew Dautenhahn, Kerstin |
| contents | Social robots are increasingly used in education, but most applications cast them as tutors offering explanation-based instruction. We explore an alternative: Robot-Mediated Applied Drama (RMAD), in which robots function as life-like puppets in interactive dramatic experiences designed to support reflection and social-emotional learning. This paper presents REMind, an anti-bullying robot role-play game that helps children rehearse bystander intervention and peer support. We focus on a central design challenge in RMAD: how to make robot drama emotionally and aesthetically engaging despite the limited expressive capacities of current robotic platforms. Through the development of REMind, we show how performing arts expertise informed this process, and argue that the aesthetics of robot drama arise from the coordinated design of the wider experience, not from robot expressivity alone. |
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| spellingShingle | Aesthetics of Robot-Mediated Applied Drama: A Case Study on REMind Sanoubari, Elaheh Pan, Alicia Rebello, Keith Fernandes, Neil Houston, Andrew Dautenhahn, Kerstin Human-Computer Interaction Robotics H.5.2; I.2.9; J.1; J.4 Social robots are increasingly used in education, but most applications cast them as tutors offering explanation-based instruction. We explore an alternative: Robot-Mediated Applied Drama (RMAD), in which robots function as life-like puppets in interactive dramatic experiences designed to support reflection and social-emotional learning. This paper presents REMind, an anti-bullying robot role-play game that helps children rehearse bystander intervention and peer support. We focus on a central design challenge in RMAD: how to make robot drama emotionally and aesthetically engaging despite the limited expressive capacities of current robotic platforms. Through the development of REMind, we show how performing arts expertise informed this process, and argue that the aesthetics of robot drama arise from the coordinated design of the wider experience, not from robot expressivity alone. |
| title | Aesthetics of Robot-Mediated Applied Drama: A Case Study on REMind |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction Robotics H.5.2; I.2.9; J.1; J.4 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23816 |