Studien und Whitepaper

To reduce costs and effort, experiments in human-robot interaction can be carried out in Virtual Reality (VR) or in screen-based (SB) formats. However, it is not well examined whether robots are perceived and experienced in the same way in VR and SB as they are in the physical world. This study addresses this topic in a between-subjects experiment, measuring trust and engagement of an interaction with a mobile service robot in a museum scenario. Measures were made in three different settings, either the real world, in VR or in a game-like SB and then compared with an ANOVA.