Based on analysis of human-human interactions, we have developed an initial model of engagement for human-robot interaction which includes the concept of connection events, consisting of: directed gaze, mutual facial gaze, conversational adjacency pairs, and backchannels. We implemented the model in the open source Robot Operating System and conducted a human-robot interaction experiment to evaluate it.

Creator

• Ponsler, Brett

Contributors

• Rich, Charles

Degree

• MS

Unit

• Computer Science

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• etd-011711-092639

Keyword

• Interaction
• HRI
• open source
• Computer Science
• recognizing
• humanoid
• ROS
• robot operating system
• engagement
• human-robot

Advisor

• Rich, Charles

Defense date

• 2010-12-16

Year

• 2011

Date created

• 2011-01-17

Resource type

• Thesis

Rights statement

• In Copyright