ReyesCruz2026a
| ReyesCruz2026a | |
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| BibType | INPROCEEDINGS |
| Key | ReyesCruz2026a |
| Author(s) | Gisela Reyes-Cruz, Stuart Reeves, Andriana Boudouraki, Dominic James Price, Joel E. Fischer, Praminda Caleb-Solly |
| Title | On Being Guided: How People Follow a Robot-Guided Tour |
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| Tag(s) | robot-guided tour, social robot navigation, socially aware robot navigation ethnomethodology, video analysis |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Year | 2026 |
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| City | New York, NY, USA |
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| Pages | 834–843 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1145/3757279.3785592 |
| ISBN | 9798400721281 |
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| Series | HRI '26 |
| Howpublished | |
| Book title | Proceedings of the 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction |
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Abstract
Being guided from one place to another is a pervasive social practice that connects deeply with socially aware robot navigation. We examine how robots come to feature within the organisation of these established and well-worn leading and following practices, practices which are assembled 'in place' by the efforts of individuals and groups that are using robot guides. We deployed mobile robots in a museum context to provide additional information for visitors around multiple sequential exhibits. Our ethnomethodological video-based analysis of interaction centres on how the social organisation of being guided was practically managed by visitors: in initiation of following, doing following, and finding a place to stop. Our study shows how following and being led is more than just a mechanical activity, and describe the implications for socially aware robot navigation in addressing novel technical challenges that a shift in understanding following-leading phenomena presents.
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