where robots and virtual agents meet where robots and virtual agents meet a survey of social...
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Where Robots Where Robots and Virtual and Virtual
Agents MeetAgents Meet
A Survey of Social Interaction Research across Milgram’s Reality-
Virtuality ContinuumThomas Holz · Mauro Dragone · G.M.P. O’Hare
Reported by :Maria Asumpta Marasigan
2006-20865
ROBOTROBOT
A mechanical device that sometimes A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being human tasks on command or by being programmed in advanceprogrammed in advance
Robots can be similar in form to a Robots can be similar in form to a human, but industrial robots do not human, but industrial robots do not resemble people at allresemble people at all
ROBOT (cont..)ROBOT (cont..)
Huey, Dewey, and Louie
ASIMO
VIRTUAL AGENTSVIRTUAL AGENTS
autonomous, graphically embodied agents in a virtual environment that are able to interact intelligently with human users, other IVAs, and their environment
virtual agents act in a dynamic, unpredictable, interactive world
VIRTUAL AGENTS VIRTUAL AGENTS (cont..)(cont..)
ADELE
STEVE
SOCIAL INTERACTION SOCIAL INTERACTION with Robotic and Virtual with Robotic and Virtual
AgentsAgents
Robots must exhibit social interaction skills
Humanlike virtual characters (virtual humans) are being used with success as virtual representatives of human users in virtual conference applications
Human treats virtual characters as social partners
DIFFERENCE betweenDIFFERENCE betweenPhysical and Virtual Physical and Virtual
AgentsAgents
ROBOTS
• Physical presence and their ability to interact to the physical world and the human
• Physical nature evokes a higher sense of presence in the user making them more trustworthy and engaging
VIRTUAL AGENTS
• Constrained in their interaction capabilities with the physical world
• Require the user to initiate the action and approach the agent
• visible only from a limited angle and cannot effectively point (or gaze) in the 3D physical surrounding
DIFFERENCE betweenDIFFERENCE betweenPhysical and Virtual Physical and Virtual
Agents (cont..)Agents (cont..)
ROBOTS
• Free to move within physical environment
• Expressional capabilities still remain restricted
VIRTUAL AGENTS
• Capable of actions that are simply impossible in the real world, such asmutating their form
• Exhibit a high degreeof anthropomorphism
Mori’s Uncanny Valley
AGENTS embodied in AGENTS embodied in UBIQUITOUS UBIQUITOUS
ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT
Ubiquitous Robotic Companion - guards its owner’s home, cleans their rooms and reads to their kids
AGENTS embodied in AGENTS embodied in UBIQUITOUS UBIQUITOUS
ENVIRONMENT (cont..)ENVIRONMENT (cont..)
NEC’s robot PaPeRo (Partner-Type Personal Robot) – communicate not only with other PaPeRos, but also with PCs, PDAs, and with other electrical appliances in the home
- can check the user’s e-mail or tune the TV onto the user’s favorite channel
AGENTS embodied in AGENTS embodied in UBIQUITOUS UBIQUITOUS
ENVIRONMENT (cont..)ENVIRONMENT (cont..)
ICat - ICat - a research prototype of an emotionally intelligent robot that provides an easy to use and enjoyable interaction style for ubiquitous environments
AGENTS in MIXED AGENTS in MIXED REALITY REALITY
ENVIRONMENTSENVIRONMENTS U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi
Virtual Humanoid –
maps a humanoid avatar onto a robot’s anatomically correct, green-cloth surface
AGENTS in MIXED AGENTS in MIXED REALITY REALITY
ENVIRONMENTS (cont..)ENVIRONMENTS (cont..)MiRA (Mixed Reality Agents) system is the first example to combine a MR character with a physical robot platform to provide an expressive social interface.