Inspector Baxter: The Social Aspects of Integrating a Robot as a Quality Inspector in an Assembly Line

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dc.contributor.authorBanh, Amy
dc.contributor.authorRea, Daniel J.
dc.contributor.authorYoung, James E.
dc.contributor.authorSharlin, Ehud
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-24T14:41:13Z
dc.date.available2015-06-24T14:41:13Z
dc.date.issued2015-06-24
dc.description.abstractWe are interested in the social implications of working alongside robots. In this paper we look at a humanoid robot quality inspector, acting alongside workers in an assembly line. This setting is viable in small scale assembly lines where human assembly workers provide flexible, rapid assembly. A robotic quality inspector could enhance the quality assurance process, but places the robot in a position of relative seniority to the assembly workers. We present the results of an initial in-lab pilot study designed with our industry collaborators. In our pilot, a humanoid robot visually inspected participants’ assembled products in a shared workspace and provided critiques that follow simple models of robotic social feedback. Our findings suggest that people’s opinions of the robot (trust, impression of intelligence, etc.) changed based on the robot’s social behaviors while it is judging the participant’s work. Additionally, people rated the robot more negatively if they disagreed with the robot’s opinions of their work, regardless of the robot social behavior and the value of its critique.en_US
dc.description.refereedNoen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/31015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/50495
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher.departmentComputer Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyScienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2015-1076-09;
dc.subjectHuman-robot interactionen_US
dc.subjecthuman-robot collaborationen_US
dc.subjectsocial roboticsen_US
dc.subjectBaxteren_US
dc.titleInspector Baxter: The Social Aspects of Integrating a Robot as a Quality Inspector in an Assembly Lineen_US
dc.typetechnical reporten_US
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