Ramzi Abou Chahine
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Ramzi Abou Chahine has a total of 4 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Hasti Seifi
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
2 shared publications - Pooyan Fazli
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
2 shared publications - Steven A. Vasquez
San Francisco State University
1 shared publication - Steven Vasquez1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- 3 December 2023
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 53-67
Clustering Social Touch Gestures for Human-Robot Interaction
- 3 December 2023
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 53-67
Clustering Social Touch Gestures for Human-Robot Interaction
- Open Access
Clustering Social Touch Gestures for Human-Robot Interaction
Social touch provides a rich non-verbal communication channel between humans and robots. Prior work has identified a set of touch gestures for human-robot interaction and described them with natural language labels (e.g., stroking, patting). Yet, no data exists on the semantic relationships between the touch gestures in users' minds. To endow robots with touch intelligence, we investigated how people perceive the similarities of social touch labels from the literature. In an online study, 45 participants grouped 36 social touch labels based on their perceived similarities and annotated their groupings with descriptive names. We derived quantitative similarities of the gestures from these groupings and analyzed the similarities using hierarchical clustering. The analysis resulted in 9 clusters of touch gestures formed around the social, emotional, and contact characteristics of the gestures. We discuss the implications of our results for designing and evaluating touch sensing and interactions with social robots.
Open AccessClustering Social Touch Gestures for Human-Robot Interaction
Social touch provides a rich non-verbal communication channel between humans and robots. Prior work has identified a set of touch gestures for human-robot interaction and described them with natural language labels (e.g., stroking, patting). Yet, no data exists on the semantic relationships between the touch gestures in users' minds. To endow robots with touch intelligence, we investigated how people perceive the similarities of social touch labels from the literature. In an online study, 45 participants grouped 36 social touch labels based on their perceived similarities and annotated their groupings with descriptive names. We derived quantitative similarities of the gestures from these groupings and analyzed the similarities using hierarchical clustering. The analysis resulted in 9 clusters of touch gestures formed around the social, emotional, and contact characteristics of the gestures. We discuss the implications of our results for designing and evaluating touch sensing and interactions with social robots.