Publication Details

Jamie Poston, Houston Lucas, Zachary Carlson, and David Feil-Seifer. "Does the Safety Demand Characteristic Influence Human-Robot Interaction?." In International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR), volume 9979, page 850-859, Nov 2016. Springer International Publication. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47437-3_83 ( pdf )


  • Keywords:
  • HRI
  • socially assistive robotics
  • collaborative robotics
  • safety

Abstract

While it is increasingly common to have robots in real-world environments, many Human-Robot Interaction studies are conducted in laboratory settings. Evidence shows that laboratory settings have the potential to skew participants' feelings of safety. This paper probes the consequences of this Safety Demand Characteristic and its impacts on the field of Human-Robot Interaction. We collected survey and video data from 19 participants who had varied consent forms describing different levels of risk for participating in the study. Participants were given a distractor task to prevent them from knowing the purpose of the study. We hypothesized that participants would feel less safe with the changed consent form and that participants' views of the robot would change depending on the version of consent. The results showed that features of the robot were viewed by participants differently depending on the perceived risks of participating in the study, warranting further inspection.

Author Details

Name: Jamie Poston
email: jposton@nevada.unr.edu
Status: Active

Name: Houston Lucas
email: houstonlucas@nevada.unr.edu
Status: Active

Name: Zachary Carlson
Status: Active

Name: David Feil-Seifer
email: dave@cse.unr.edu
Website: http://cse.unr.edu/~dave
Phone: (775) 784-6469
Status: Active

BibTex Reference

@inproceedings{poston2016does,
  title={Does the Safety Demand Characteristic Influence Human-Robot Interaction?},
  author={Jamie Poston and Houston Lucas and Zachary Carlson and David Feil-Seifer},
  year={2016},
  month={November},
  volume={9979},
  pages={850-859},
  publisher={Springer International Publication},
  doi={10.1007/978-3-319-47437-3_83},
  isbn={978-3-319-47437-3},
  booktitle={International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR)},
}

HTML Reference

<span class="authors">Jamie Poston, Houston Lucas, Zachary Carlson, and David Feil-Seifer</span>. <span class="title">"Does the Safety Demand Characteristic Influence Human-Robot Interaction?." </span> In <span class="booktitle">International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR)</span>, volume 9979, <span class="page">page 850-859</span>, <span class="month">Nov</span> <span class="year">2016</span>. <span class="ending">Springer International Publication.</span> <span class="doi">doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47437-3_83</span>

Support

CHS: Small: Collaborative Research: Spatio-Temporal Situational Awareness in Large-Scale Disasters Using Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, National Science Foundation PI: David Feil-Seifer, Amount: $166,666, Jan. 1, 2016 - Dec. 31, 2017

DURIP: Humanoid Platforms for Human-Robot Collaboration, Office of Naval Research (ONR) PI: Monica Nicolescu, co-PI: David Feil-Seifer, Mircea Nicolescu, Amount: $312,000, May 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015