Resonance as a Design Strategy for AI and Social Robots

DOI

10.3389/fnbot.2022.850489

James Derek Lomas, Department of Human Centered Design, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
Albert Lin, Center for Human Frontiers, Qualcomm Institute, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
Suzanne Dikker, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, United States.
Deborah Forster, Center for Human Frontiers, Qualcomm Institute, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
Maria Luce Lupetti, Department of Human Centered Design, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
Gijs Huisman, Department of Human Centered Design, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
Julika Habekost, The Design Lab, California Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
Caiseal Beardow, Department of Human Centered Design, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
Pankaj Pandey, Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India.
Nashra Ahmad, Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India.
Krishna Miyapuram, Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India.
Tim Mullen, Intheon Labs, San Diego, CA, United States.
Patrick Cooper, Department of Physics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Willem van der Maden, Department of Human Centered Design, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
Emily S. Cross, Social Robotics, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Publication Title

Frontiers in neurorobotics

Volume

16

First Page

850489

ISSN

1662-5218

Keywords

AI for wellbeing, design space, entrainment, human-media interaction, metaphor, resonance, social robotics, synchronization

Abstract

Resonance, a powerful and pervasive phenomenon, appears to play a major role in human interactions. This article investigates the relationship between the physical mechanism of resonance and the human experience of resonance, and considers possibilities for enhancing the experience of resonance within human-robot interactions. We first introduce resonance as a widespread cultural and scientific metaphor. Then, we review the nature of "sympathetic resonance" as a physical mechanism. Following this introduction, the remainder of the article is organized in two parts. In part one, we review the role of resonance (including synchronization and rhythmic entrainment) in human cognition and social interactions. Then, in part two, we review resonance-related phenomena in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). These two reviews serve as ground for the introduction of a design strategy and combinatorial design space for shaping resonant interactions with robots and AI. We conclude by posing hypotheses and research questions for future empirical studies and discuss a range of ethical and aesthetic issues associated with resonance in human-robot interactions.

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