You're delaying my task?! Impact of Task Order and Motive on Perceptions of a Robot
summary
A video experiment using a Kuri robot and 390 Prolific participants compares a pickup/delivery and an investigative task across 12 experimental conditions plus control, finding sequential execution scores highest on competency and observant factors while EnReturn scores highest on curiosity. Motive matters: tasks requested for another person increase perceived competence, curiosity-motivated inspections decrease it. Surprisingly, 271 of 390 participants say robots should interleave tasks in the abstract, so designers should avoid curiosity detours or explain motives when interleaving.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:20SEQUENTIALLY PERFORMING TASKS
- 0:47INTERLEAVING TASKS FOR EFFICIENCY
- 1:04INTERLEAVING TASKS WITH CURIOSITY
- 1:21STUDY SCENARIO
- 2:08SECOND TASK MOTIVATION
- 3:33MEASURES OF ROBOT PERCEPTION
- 4:29RESULTS: FACTOR ANALYSIS
- 4:51RESULTS: TASK EXECUTION ORDER
- 5:27RESULTS: TASK MOTIVE
- 5:58RESULTS: SUGGESTED TASK ORDER
- 6:29CONCLUSION
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