Animation Techniques in Human-Robot Interaction User Studies: a Systematic Literature Review
This review synthesizes evidence for using animation techniques to enhance human-robot interaction, which is incremental as it consolidates existing research rather than introducing new methods.
This systematic literature review analyzed 27 articles to assess how applying film animation techniques to robot movement affects human-robot interaction, finding that these techniques improve individuals' perception of robot qualities, understanding of robot intentions, and ability to relate to non-humanoid robots.
There are many different ways a robot can move in Human-Robot Interaction. One way is to use techniques from film animation to instruct the robot to move. This article is a systematic literature review of human-robot trials, pilots, and evaluations that have applied techniques from animation to move a robot. Through 27 articles, we find that animation techniques improves individual's interaction with robots, improving individual's perception of qualities of a robot, understanding what a robot intends to do, and showing the robot's state, or possible emotion. Animation techniques also help people relate to robots that do not resemble a human or robot. The studies in the articles show further areas for research, such as applying animation principles in other types of robots and situations, combining animation techniques with other modalities, and testing robots moving with animation techniques over the long term.