TRR 318 - Contextualized and online parametrization of attention in human–robot explanatory dialog (Subproject A05)

Overview

In Project A05, researchers from the areas of linguistics, psychology, and computer science are investigating attention in human-robot explanatory dialog. They are addressing questions including: where do humans focus their attention when a robot explains a task to them? How can robots direct their counterpart’s attention to achieve the goal of the task? What influence does it have on overall understanding? To investigate these questions, the researchers are assessing attention during an interactive human robot explanatory dialog. The researchers are also aiming to investigate the conditions under which certain linguistic formulations, such as “do X and not Y”, might influence the nature of explanation and understanding. Based on these results, the researchers will then draw conclusions about how robots can understand and direct the attention of their human counterparts and subsequently generate interpretable explanations.

Key Facts

Grant Number:
438445824
Project type:
Research
Project duration:
07/2021 - 06/2025
Funded by:
DFG
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Principal Investigators

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Prof. Dr. Ingrid Scharlau

Kognitive Psychologie und Psychologiedidaktik

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Prof. Dr. Katharina Rohlfing

Key research area Transformation and Education

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Britta Wrede

Universität Bielefeld

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Project Team

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Ngoc Chi Banh, M.Sc.

Kognitive Psychologie und Psychologiedidaktik

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Amit Singh, M.Sc.

Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 318

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André Groß

Universität Bielefeld

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Cooperating Institutions

Universität Bielefeld

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Publications

Coupling of Task and Partner Model: Investigating the Intra-Individual Variability in Gaze during Human–Robot Explanatory Dialogue
A. Singh, K.J. Rohlfing, in: Proceedings of 26th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2024), 2024.
RISE: an open-source architecture for interdisciplinary and reproducible human–robot interaction research
A. Groß, C. Schütze, M. Brandt, B. Wrede, B. Richter, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 10 (2023).
EEG Correlates of Distractions and Hesitations in Human–Robot Interaction: A LabLinking Pilot Study
B. Richter, F. Putze, G. Ivucic, M. Brandt, C. Schütze, R. Reisenhofer, B. Wrede, T. Schultz, Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 7 (2023).
First steps towards real-time assessment of attentional weights and capacity according to TVA
N.C. Banh, I. Scharlau, in: S. Merz, C. Frings, B. Leuchtenberg, B. Moeller, S. Mueller, R. Neumann, B. Pastötter, L. Pingen, G. Schui (Eds.), Abstracts of the 65th TeaP, ZPID (Leibniz Institute for Psychology), 2023.
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