Explain yourself! Effects of Explanations in Human-Robot Interaction
Abstract
Recent developments in explainable artificial intelligence promise the potential to transform human-robot interaction: Explanations of robot decisions could affect user perceptions, justify their reliability, and increase trust. However, the effects on human perceptions of robots that explain their decisions have not been studied thoroughly. To analyze the effect of explainable robots, we conduct a study in which two simulated robots play a competitive board game. While one robot explains its moves, the other robot only announces them. Providing explanations for its actions was not sufficient to change the perceived competence, intelligence, likeability or safety ratings of the robot. However, the results show that the robot that explains its moves is perceived as more lively and human-like. This study demonstrates the need for and potential of explainable human-robot interaction and the wider assessment of its effects as a novel research direction.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2204.04501,
title = {Explain yourself! Effects of Explanations in Human-Robot Interaction},
author = {Jakob Ambsdorf and Alina Munir and Yiyao Wei and Klaas Degkwitz and Harm Matthias Harms and Susanne Stannek and Kyra Ahrens and Dennis Becker and Erik Strahl and Tom Weber and Stefan Wermter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.04501},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Accepted at 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)