Stage of subconscious interaction for forming communication relationship

Abstract

We assume that subconscious interaction is carried out to make possible the forming of a communication relationship with the object. To model this stage of interaction, two experiments were carried out. We created an experimental environment to observe the interaction between a human and a robot whose behavior was actually mapped by another human. In experiment 1, interaction with an unknown robot and a known robot were compared. As a result, the interaction property for each condition was confirmed. This result suggests that a stage of subconscious interaction does exist for recognition of artifacts as interaction partners. In experiment 2, we explore the relation between physical interaction and cognitive states by the think-aloud method. Behavioral data was analyzed by a Bayesian network (BN). As a result, it is obvious that BN structure relates to speaking data. This indicates that it is likely to model the process of subconscious interaction.