Room for one more? - Introducing Artificial Commensal Companions

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Room for one more? - Introducing Artificial Commensal Companions

Conference Paper (2020)

Author(s)

Maurizio Mancini (University College Cork)

Radoslaw Niewiadomski (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

Gijs Huisman (Hogeschool van Amsterdam)

Merijn Bruijnes (TU Delft - Interactive Intelligence)

Conor Patrick Gallagher (University College Cork)

HCI Robot Robot Interaction Food Interaction Food Non-verbal Eating Eating Non-verbal Companion Commensality Commensality Hci Companion

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3383027 Final published version

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Publication Year

2020

Language

English

Article number

3383027

Pages (from-to)

1-8

ISBN (electronic)

978-1-4503-6819-3

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Abstract

Commensality is defined as "a social group that eats together" and eating in a commensality setting has a number of positive effects on humans. In this paper, we discuss how HCI and technology in general can be exploited to replicate the benefits of commensality for people who choose or are forced to eat alone. We discuss research into and the design of Artificial Commensal Companions that can provide social interactions during food consumption. We present the design of a system, consisting of a toy robot, computer vision tracking, and a simple interaction model, that can show non-verbal social behaviors to influence a user's food choice. Finally, we discuss future studies and applications of this system, and provide suggestions for future research into Artificial Commensal Companions.