Furthering the Development of Virtual Agents and Communication Robot Devices through the Consideration of the Temporal Home
-
Published:2023-11-13
Issue:11
Volume:7
Page:104
-
ISSN:2414-4088
-
Container-title:Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
-
language:en
-
Short-container-title:MTI
Author:
Pooley Andrew C.1ORCID, May Andrew1, Mitchell Val1
Affiliation:
1. School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Abstract
This paper extends current research on Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) within Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), focusing on how future virtual agents and communication robots can support the temporal structures and routines within the home. We recruited representatives from 15 households with varied compositions, ranging from single inhabitants to full nest families. Drawing upon P.G. Wodehouse’s The Inimitable Jeeves as an inspiration, the methodology sought to imitate the relationship between a recruitment agency worker (researcher) and an employer (participant) seeking to hire a personal assistant (e.g., a virtual agent or communication robot device) for their home. A ‘household audit’ comprising a guided household tour and an architectural survey was conducted to ascertain the nuanced spatiotemporal routines within the home. The study analysed the responses of participants using the Labovian narrative schema, a traditional method in linguistics research. The findings were then examined through the lens of Reddy et al.’s temporal features of work to understand how domestic work unfolds within the home from a temporal perspective. We argue that the temporal concepts discussed by Reddy et al. provided valuable insights into the temporal dynamics of everyday activities and could inform the design of virtual agents and communication robotic devices to fulfil their roles as domesticated ‘personal assistants’.
Subject
Computer Networks and Communications,Computer Science Applications,Human-Computer Interaction,Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
Reference76 articles.
1. Luria, M., Hoggenmüller, M., Lee, W.-Y., Hespanhol, L., Jung, M., and Forlizzi, J. (2021, January 8–11). Research through Design Approaches in Human-Robot Interaction. Proceedings of the Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO, USA. 2. Luria, M., Hoffman, G., Megidish, B., Zuckerman, O., and Park, S. (2016). Designing Vyo, a Robotic Smart Home Assistant: Bridging the Gap between Device and Social Agent, IEEE. 3. Oogjes, D., Fung, P., and Odom, W. (2018). Designing for an Other Home: Expanding and Speculating on Different Forms of Domestic Life, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 4. Rhythms and Plasticity: Television Temporality at Home;Irani;Pers. Ubiquitous Comput.,2010 5. Kirk, D.S., Chatting, D., Yurman, P., and Bichard, J.-A. (2016). Ritual Machines I & II: Making Technology at Home, ACM Press.
Cited by
1 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献
|
|