Book - Chapter 10 Flashcards
Types of Service Robots
- Tour Guide Robots
- Receptionist Robots
- Sales Promotion Robots
Tour Guide Robots
move from one location to another, providing information about nearby entities and even taking users to requested locations
involves navigational interaction and face-to-face interaction with users
e.g., museum settings, airport robots, retail shops
Receptionist Robots
placed at reception desks and engage in spoken-language conversations with visitors, offering information and directions
People’s interactions with receptionist robots are influenced by the robot’s emotional expressions, affecting the length of interactions
Sales Promotion Robots
Service robots can be used for sales promotion in retail settings, acting as proxies for store clerks to inform customers about store promotions
Roles for Robots in Learning
Teacher: Guiding students through the curriculum and offering testing opportunities to assess knowledge
Tutor: Supporting teachers in their teaching efforts.
Peer: Collaborating with learners, adapting its performance to match the learner’s level of knowledge.
Care-Receiving Robot or Teachable Agent: The robot is completely taught by the student, which can lead to subject mastery and boost the learner’s confidence.
Sidekick for Teachers: Enhancing lessons and making learning more engaging and entertaining.
Benefits of Educator Robots
social robots would benefit education by offering a one-to-one, personalized tutoring experience
physical presence of the robot is a key factor that promotes learning, going beyond what computer-based tutoring programs can achieve
Types of Robots for Entertainment
- Pet and Toy Robots
easy to develop since they generally rely on preprogrammed capabilities like dancing, talking, and learning over time
robots’ physical presence elicits social responses in both children and adult consumers
- Robots for Exhibitions
robust, play pre recorded scripts of animations, and may have limited autonomy
- Robots in Performing Arts
home theater systems where robots perform plays or allow humans to participate
robots can enhance human creativity and interact with people in art performances
- Sex Robots
robots and virtual reality interfaces designed for fulfilling adult entertainment needs
Robots in Healthcare and Therapy
- Robots for Senior Citizens:
work in healthcare and therapy, offering support, education and diversion
referred to as socially assistive robotics
can assist with medication reminders and provide pre-clinic or tele-clinic support, reducing medical service costs
- Robots for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder:
people with ASD generally respond well to robots, and research focuses on how robots can support ASD therapy
used to improve social competences, emotion regulation, and interpretation
predictable, nonjudgmental nature of robots contributes to their effectiveness in supporting individuals with ASD
- Robots for Rehabilitation:
used for physical rehabilitation, providing physiotherapy, encouragement, and mental support
Personal Assistant Robots
smart-home assistants, potentially voice-operated
typically provide services like answering questions about the time, weather, traffic, and streaming music
their ability for social interaction is quite limited and often includes brief chitchat
personal robotic assistants of the future could have distinct social presence, with visual features like eyes, ears, or a mouth, conveying their ability to interact socially
Service Robots
designed to assist humans in tasks often considered dull, dirty, and dangerous
typically perform simple, repetitive tasks that don’t require explicit interaction with people.
Type of Service Robots
- Cleaning robots
- Delivery robots
- Security robots:
K5, a robotic security guard, has been deployed in some shopping malls to monitor for suspicious activities and alert human authorities
However, security robots like K5 have faced various incidents of abusive behavior from individuals in their environments, including physical attacks and vandalism
Collaborative Robots
industrial robots designed with safety features and mechatronics that enable them to operate alongside or in collaboration with humans
some are equipped with the ability to interpret and produce social signals, which can enhance their interaction with human workers
co-bots should enhance human work by increasing efficiency and job satisfaction
Self-driving cars
vehicles with the user as a passenger
need interfaces to interpret the actions and intentions of other traffic users and communicate their own intentions
Interaction with the driver involves autonomous technology explaining why a decision was made
Remotely operated robots
Planetary exploration robots have autonomous navigation capabilities but receive commands from human operators on Earth
In military operations, human operators can remotely operate drones from distant locations
In search-and-rescue scenarios, operators control robots on the ground or in the air to locate people in need
Robots may have limited risk-avoidance capabilities, so operators must intervene to prevent serious damage, such as collisions or hostile entity attacks
General Problems for Robot Applications
user expectations are usually greater than reality, generally due to media or robot design
people may become overly reliant on robots for social interaction
robots could divert human attention, which could be dangerous or harmful
users may lose interest in robots over time
children, in particular, but also people in general have been observed abusing robots
