Self-Disclosure to a Robot "In-the-Wild": Category, Human Personality and Robot Identity

Anouk Neerincx, Chantal Edens, Frank Broz, Yanzhe Li, Mark A. Neerincx

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Abstract

Self-disclosures can be valuable and sensitive parts of the human-robot interaction. This paper investigates how far human's tendency to self-disclose depends on the topic of interaction, individual's personality and perceived robot identity (i.e., human-, robot- or animal-like). Robot's (Pepper) identity was shown in its self-disclosure, interaction behaviors (gestures, sound and voice), and ’’clothing". In an"in-the- wild" study at a science festival, 80 visitors interacted with one of these robot identities. When questioned by the robot, they disclosed more about their attitudes and opinions than about other categories. Significant correlations appeared between personality characteristics and the degree of self-disclosure, as well as differences in self-disclosure categories. The different robot identities showed no effects on disclosures.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Subtitle of host publicationSocial, Asocial, and Antisocial Robots
PublisherIEEE
Pages584-591
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic) 978-1-7281-8859-1
ISBN (Print)978-1-6654-0680-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) - Napoli, Italy
Duration: 29 Aug 20222 Sept 2022
Conference number: 31th

Publication series

NameRO-MAN 2022 - 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication: Social, Asocial, and Antisocial Robots

Conference

Conference2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityNapoli
Period29/08/222/09/22

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