Explain yourself! Effects of Explanations in Human-Robot Interaction

Jakob Ambsdorf , Alina Munir , Yiyao Wei , Klaas Degkwitz , Harm Matthias Harms , Susanne Stannek , Kyra Ahrens , Dennis Becker , Erik Strahl , Tom Weber , Stefan Wermter
2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) pages 393 -- 400, doi: 10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900558 - Aug 2022
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Recent developments in explainable artificial intelligence promise the potential to transform human-robot interaction: Explanations of robot decisions could affect user perceptions, justify their reliability, and increase trust. However, the effects on human perceptions of robots that explain their decisions have not been studied thoroughly. To analyze the effect of explainable robots, we conduct a study in which two simulated robots play a competitive board game. While one robot explains its moves, the other robot only announces them. Providing explanations for its actions was not sufficient to change the perceived competence, intelligence, likeability or safety ratings of the robot. However, the results show that the robot that explains its moves is perceived as more lively and human-like. This study demonstrates the need for and potential of explainable human-robot interaction and the wider assessment of its effects as a novel research direction.

 

@InProceedings{AMWDHSABSWW22, 
 	 author =  {Ambsdorf, Jakob and Munir, Alina and Wei, Yiyao and Degkwitz, Klaas and Harms, Harm Matthias and Stannek, Susanne and Ahrens, Kyra and Becker, Dennis and Strahl, Erik and Weber, Tom and Wermter, Stefan},  
 	 title = {Explain yourself! Effects of Explanations in Human-Robot Interaction}, 
 	 booktitle = {2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)},
 	 number = {},
 	 volume = {},
 	 pages = {393 -- 400},
 	 year = {2022},
 	 month = {Aug},
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 	 doi = {10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900558}, 
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