Do Results in Experiments with Virtual Robots in Augmented Reality Transfer To Physical Robots? An Experiment Design
Published in WYSD 2024 — 4th Workshop YOUR Study Design! Participatory critique and refinement of human-robot interaction user studies, 2024
This workshop paper addresses a fundamental question in human-robot interaction research: whether experimental results obtained with virtual robots in augmented reality environments can reliably transfer to interactions with physical robots. The study presents a carefully designed experiment to test this transferability hypothesis.
The paper was presented at the WYSD (YOUR Study Design!) workshop, which focuses on participatory critique and refinement of human-robot interaction user studies. This workshop provides a venue for discussing methodological approaches and study design considerations in HRI research.
Key contributions:
- Systematic investigation of result transferability between virtual AR robots and physical robots
- Novel experimental design for testing cross-platform validity in HRI studies
- Analysis of factors affecting the generalizability of virtual robot interaction results
- Framework for improving replicability and reproducibility in HRI experiments through AR technology
The full paper is available at: https://files.therarelab.com/wysd24.pdf
Recommended citation: Kong, Xiangfei. (2024). "Do Results in Experiments with Virtual Robots in Augmented Reality Transfer To Physical Robots? An Experiment Design." WYSD 2024 — 4th Workshop YOUR Study Design! Participatory critique and refinement of human-robot interaction user studies.
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