Week 3 – Human–robot interaction

Question 1

two points for this are:

1. speech - an experiment in 2001 found that people would take a recommendation from a synthesizer voice robot if that robot matched there personality. other resaerch found that if a voice did not match an expectation such as a sad voice for sad new or a male voice for male products then the participants were shocked

It seems to be impossible for the human brain to turn off its attempt to figure out ‘who is this person I am speaking to?’

(Nass, cited in Hermida, 2001)

2. body language - humans pick up on hundreds of social cues including facial expressions, body language and even proximity

Answer 1

give two points of why it is hard for a robot too fool a person into making them beleive its a person

Question 2

describe a

decision tree

Answer 2

this is a tree like model that allows set questions to be asked and give set answers to those questions. using these allows questions to be asked in a structured way and with an eventual answer to what you are looking for

Question 3

describe the robot

sophia

Answer 3

a robot built by hanson robotics that has been praised for its wide variety of being able to express emotions however its level of intelligence is argued

Question 4

is a robot aimed at dementia patients it is a seal that the patient can look after it so as to maintain a sense of purpose and joy

It is able to respond to speech and can recognise its own name when spoken to it can move its head and express gestures

note

Studies show that paro can reduce stress

Answer 4

give a description of the robot named

paro

Question 5

give a description of the robot named

moxi

Answer 5

this is a healthcare robot that is able to carry out tasks for nurses such as collecting and delivering samples and supplies

users interact with this robot through speech or an app to train it

Question 6

a robot built by MIT in 1997 that could display a variety of facial expressions and move its head reinforcing body language and personal space

Answer 6

describe the robot

kismet

Question 7

give a description of the

da vinci surgical robot

Answer 7

This is a robot controlled by a human operator that is able to perform surgery. The operator experiences haptics while using the robot so that a sense of touch can be emulated and has a view of what the robot is doing by looking through a screen at a console

Question 8

give 3 notes about the

chatbot eliza

Answer 8

some notes on this chatbot are:

• people enjoyed chatting with it even though they knew it was simulated
• could sometimes hold a conversation that might mimic a therapist
  
  • however has a slim chance of passing the turing test
• this chatbot would be well suited in a converstaion that has a limited scope

Question 9

describe the

chatbot eliza

Answer 9

Written by Joseph Weizenbaum is a conversational agent that was written in 1966 to mimic the empathetically oriented psychology style known as client-centered therapy of Carl Rogers

Question 10

this is an exampe of a healthcare chatbot

it follows a desicion tree structure allowing you to give symptons and answer helath questions until eventually the healthcare bot will advice you on what steps you should take next such as seeking immediiate medical attention

Answer 10

describe

microsofts healthcare bot

Question 11

the structure of this is:

1. the root (the first question that will branch to more questions)
2. intermediate questions
3. leaf node (this is where all questions for that branch have been exhausted and you are given an answer)

Answer 11

describe the structure of a decision tree

Question 12

this chatbot was created by Joseph Weizenbaum

Answer 12

who created the

chatbot eliza

Question 13

this is a healthcare robot that is able to carry out tasks for nurses such as collecting and delivering samples and supplies

users interact with this robot through speech or an app to train it

Answer 13

give a description of the robot named

moxi

Question 14

give two points of why it is hard for a robot too fool a person into making them beleive its a person

Answer 14

two points for this are:

1. speech - an experiment in 2001 found that people would take a recommendation from a synthesizer voice robot if that robot matched there personality. other resaerch found that if a voice did not match an expectation such as a sad voice for sad new or a male voice for male products then the participants were shocked

It seems to be impossible for the human brain to turn off its attempt to figure out ‘who is this person I am speaking to?’

(Nass, cited in Hermida, 2001)

2. body language - humans pick up on hundreds of social cues including facial expressions, body language and even proximity

Question 15

Written by Joseph Weizenbaum is a conversational agent that was written in 1966 to mimic the empathetically oriented psychology style known as client-centered therapy of Carl Rogers

Answer 15

describe the

chatbot eliza

Question 16

this is the attribution of human characteristics to objects

for example animals in stories can be anthropomorphized

Answer 16

describe the term

anthropomorphism: an-thro-poh-more-fizz-um

extra note

from the Greek anthropos – ‘human’, and morphe – ‘form’

Question 17

describe the robot

kismet

Answer 17

a robot built by MIT in 1997 that could display a variety of facial expressions and move its head reinforcing body language and personal space

Question 18

this is a tree like model that allows set questions to be asked and give set answers to those questions. using these allows questions to be asked in a structured way and with an eventual answer to what you are looking for

Answer 18

describe a

decision tree

Question 19

who created the

chatbot eliza

Answer 19

this chatbot was created by Joseph Weizenbaum

Question 20

a robot built by hanson robotics that has been praised for its wide variety of being able to express emotions however its level of intelligence is argued

Answer 20

describe the robot

sophia

Question 21

describe the structure of a decision tree

Answer 21

the structure of this is:

1. the root (the first question that will branch to more questions)
2. intermediate questions
3. leaf node (this is where all questions for that branch have been exhausted and you are given an answer)

Question 22

describe

microsofts healthcare bot

Answer 22

this is an exampe of a healthcare chatbot

it follows a desicion tree structure allowing you to give symptons and answer helath questions until eventually the healthcare bot will advice you on what steps you should take next such as seeking immediiate medical attention

Question 23

describe the term

anthropomorphism: an-thro-poh-more-fizz-um

extra note

from the Greek anthropos – ‘human’, and morphe – ‘form’

Answer 23

this is the attribution of human characteristics to objects

for example animals in stories can be anthropomorphized

Question 24

give a description of the robot named

paro

Answer 24

is a robot aimed at dementia patients it is a seal that the patient can look after it so as to maintain a sense of purpose and joy

It is able to respond to speech and can recognise its own name when spoken to it can move its head and express gestures

note

Studies show that paro can reduce stress

Question 25

some notes on this chatbot are:

• people enjoyed chatting with it even though they knew it was simulated
• could sometimes hold a conversation that might mimic a therapist
  
  • however has a slim chance of passing the turing test
• this chatbot would be well suited in a converstaion that has a limited scope

Answer 25

give 3 notes about the

chatbot eliza

Question 26

This is a robot controlled by a human operator that is able to perform surgery. The operator experiences haptics while using the robot so that a sense of touch can be emulated and has a view of what the robot is doing by looking through a screen at a console

Answer 26

give a description of the

da vinci surgical robot