dc.contributor.author	Siebert, Felix Wilhelm
dc.contributor.author	Klein, Jacobe
dc.contributor.author	Rötting, Matthias
dc.contributor.author	Roesler, Eileen
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-26T12:45:34Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-26T12:45:34Z
dc.date.issued	2020-06-03
dc.date.updated	2020-06-03T15:45:12Z
dc.description.abstract	Robots that are designed to work in close proximity to humans are required to move and act in a way that ensures social acceptance by their users. Hence, a robot's proximal behavior toward a human is a main concern, especially in human-robot interaction that relies on relatively close proximity. This study investigated how the distance and lateral offset of “Follow Me” robots influences how they are perceived by humans. To this end, a Follow Me robot was built and tested in a user study for a number of subjective variables. A total of 18 participants interacted with the robot, with the robot's lateral offset and distance varied in a within-subject design. After each interaction, participants were asked to rate the movement of the robot on the dimensions of comfort, expectancy conformity, human likeness, safety, trust, and unobtrusiveness. Results show that users generally prefer robot following distances in the social space, without a lateral offset. However, we found a main influence of affinity for technology, as those participants with a high affinity for technology preferred closer following distances than participants with low affinity for technology. The results of this study show the importance of user-adaptiveness in human-robot-interaction.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	DFG, 414044773, Open Access Publizieren 2019 - 2020 / Technische Universität Berlin	en
dc.identifier.eissn	2296-9144
dc.identifier.uri	https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/11467
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-10349
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	en
dc.subject.ddc	150 Psychologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik	de
dc.subject.other	human robot interaction	en
dc.subject.other	proxemics	en
dc.subject.other	human following robots	en
dc.subject.other	affinity for technology	en
dc.subject.other	robot movement conventions	en
dc.title	The Influence of Distance and Lateral Offset of Follow Me Robots on User Perception	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.type.version	publishedVersion	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber	74	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi	10.3389/frobt.2020.00074	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle	Frontiers in Robotics and AI	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername	Frontiers Media S.A.	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplace	Lausanne	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume	7	en
tub.accessrights.dnb	free	en
tub.affiliation	Fak. 5 Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme::Inst. Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft::FG Arbeits-, Ingenieur- und Organisationspsychologie	de
tub.affiliation.faculty	Fak. 5 Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme	de
tub.affiliation.group	FG Arbeits-, Ingenieur- und Organisationspsychologie	de
tub.affiliation.institute	Inst. Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft	de
tub.publisher.universityorinstitution	Technische Universität Berlin	en

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