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An Interactive Agent Supporting First Meet Based on Adaptive Entrainment Control

Authors:
Tatsuya Hayamizu
Mutsuo Sano
Kenzaburo Miyawaki
Kentarou Mukai

Keywords: Embodied Entrainment; Nonverbal Communication; Introducer Agent; Group Communication Introduction; Social Skills

Abstract:
This paper describes an agent that can facilitate first meeting communications. In this situation, a communication mediator is important because people can feel stress and an inability to talk comfortably. Our agent reduces this stress using embodied entrainment and promoting communication. In previous research into embodied entrainment, appropriate back-channel feedback has been discussed but communication studies have been limited. We propose an embodied entrainment control system that recognizes a state of communication and is adaptive to each situation with effective nonverbal communication. In this way, our agent mediates a balanced, two-way conversation. Our experiments with the agent con-firmed its effectiveness across various social skills levels. We demonstrate that the embodied entrainment of our agent in first meetings benefits people who have low social skills, there-by verifying the efficacy of our agent.

Pages: 178 to 183

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: February 24, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-250-9

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from February 24, 2013 to March 1, 2013