Title
Exploring Affective Storytelling with an Embodied Agent
Abstract
In this paper, we explore the storytelling potential of a robot. We exploit the use of creative contents that maximize the embodied communication affordance of the empathic robot Haru. We identify the elements in storytelling such as narration. agency, engagement and education and synthesized these into the robot. Through effective design we investigated the possible answers that could leverage the limitations and the challenges in developing storytelling applications through a robotic medium. Our preliminary findings show that the use of an embodied agent such as a robot in storytelling only has meaning when its communicative affordance (i.e. embodiment, expressiveness, and other modalities) is tapped, adding new dimension to the experience. Otherwise, traditional storytelling delivery (e.g. tablet) without the use of embodiment will suffice. Hence, robots need to be performers rather than just mere props in storytelling.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1109/RO-MAN50785.2021.9515323
2021 30TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOT AND HUMAN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION (RO-MAN)
DocType
ISSN
Citations 
Conference
1944-9445
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Randy Gomez17628.11
Deborah Szapiro242.16
Kerl Galindo300.34
Luis Merino400.68
Heike Brock514.47
Keisuke Nakamura618928.91
Yu Fang700.68
Eric Nichols8474.22