The effect of multiple robot interaction on human-robot interaction

A variety of interaction models among agents have been developed, however the research about human attitude toward multiple robot interaction has been out of research focus. While a service robot interacts with more human users, multi-robots interact with humans and even with other robots. In the environment, the interactive behavior of human is affected by multiple robotic interactions. This paper focuses on the effects of multiple robot interaction on human behaviors. Specifically, we define four factors associated with human interaction such as human favorability, attention shift, human-friendly knowledge sharing, and indirect realization of agent status. The experiments are designed to verify these factors, of which the effect and result are discussed.

1. Introduction

In the field of conventional human-robot interaction (HRI), robotic system executes given tasks automatically and determines socially appropriate reactions in response to human demand. Reading human's intention that is implicitly observed during a series of interaction becomes one of the essential functions for a service robot [1]. Understanding the implicit context in human mind and interacting with human's intention has been common issue for providing human-like service tasks.