Miriam Koschate
Overcoming the uncanny valley: Displays of emotions reduce the uncanniness of humanlike robots
Koschate, Miriam; Potter, Richard; Bremner, Paul; Levine, Mark
Authors
Richard Potter
Paul Bremner Paul2.Bremner@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Human Robotics Interactions
Mark Levine
Abstract
In this paper we show empirically that highly humanlike robots make thoughts of death more accessible, leading to perceptions of uncanniness and eeriness of such robots. Rather than reducing the humanlikeness of robots, our research suggests the addition of emotion displays to decrease a sense of uncanniness. We show that a highly humanlike robot displaying emotions in a social context reduces death-thought accessibility (DTA), which in turn reduces uncanniness. In a pre-test with N = 95 participants, we established that not all humanoid robots elicit thoughts of death and that the extent to which a robot appears humanlike may be linked to DTA. In our Main Study, N = 44 participants briefly interacted with a highly humanlike robotic head that either showed appropriate basic emotions or reacted by blinking. The display of emotions significantly reduced perceptions of uncanniness, which was mediated by a corresponding reduction in DTA. Implications for the design of humanoid robots are proposed.
Conference Name | International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction |
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Start Date | Mar 8, 2016 |
End Date | Mar 10, 2016 |
Publication Date | Mar 8, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 7, 2019 |
Journal | International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 359-365 |
Book Title | Proceedings of the eleventh ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction |
ISBN | 9781467383707 |
Keywords | uncanny valley, emotion, robots |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/913392 |
Publisher URL | http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2906892 |
Related Public URLs | http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2016/ |
Additional Information | Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction |
Contract Date | Nov 26, 2015 |
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