Analysis of multi-party human interaction towards a robot mediator

Abstract

In this research, we aim to reveal the difference between robot mediated multi-party human interaction and human mediated multi-party human interaction. We do this by examining and comparing the multi-party participants' interactions towards the robot human mediators in regard to the mediator's questions. From this experiment, we found that the participants engaged in interaction among each other more when the questioner was the robot. This paper suggests a concept and a design of robots, which enhances social interaction among humans because of its intervention.