Humans and Robots in Dialogue?!

As a follow-up to the CoRobots project presented within the framework of the exhibition Eppur si muove (July 2015-Jan 2016), two research teams in social sciences and in robotics share joint reflections on human-robot interaction. In our presentation, we analyze a case of situated communication between a robot and a visitor of the exhibition and raise the question whether robots and humans can engage in dialogue. Furthermore, we show how the analysis can support the work of roboticians designing social robots. We address these questions by relying on multi-screen video captures of a visitor playing games with a humanoid robot. The current interdisciplinary work is used as a base for further research and development on the interactions between robots and visitors within the context of the Ville de Luxembourg museums