Elements of humor: How humans perceive verbal and non-verbal aspects of humorous robot behavior

Mirnig, Nicole; Stollnberger, Gerald; Giuliani, Manuel; Tscheligi, Manfred

Abstract

We performed a preliminary online survey to explore if verbal and non-verbal robot humor elements influence how humans
rate a robot's funniness. The video-based survey comprised four conditions, each showing a short clip of a NAO robot in a receptionist scenario, showing different behavior. Although participants' ratings of the funniness level did not
differ significantly between robot behaviors, we interpret this result as an indicator that humor is not made from single elements. Humor is multilayered and often only works when different signals are combined. Creating funny robots will require more detailed research on multimodal behaviors.

Citation

Mirnig, N., Stollnberger, G., Giuliani, M., & Tscheligi, M. (2017, March). Elements of humor: How humans perceive verbal and non-verbal aspects of humorous robot behavior. Paper presented at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2017

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2017
• Start Date: Mar 6, 2017
• End Date: Mar 9, 2017
• Acceptance Date: Mar 6, 2017
• Publication Date: Mar 6, 2017
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 211-212
• Keywords: elements, humor, humans, perceive, verbal, non-verbal, humorous, robot, behaviour
• Publisher URL: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3038337&CFID=926192940&CFTOKEN=43051335
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction