Technical Report: Exploring Human Surrogate Characteristics

  • Arjun Nagendran
  • Gregory Welch
  • Charles Hughes
  • Remo Pillat
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Abstract

This report highlights some of the historical evolution of our research involving the characteristics that are essential for effective human-surrogate interactions. In this report, a consolidated glossary of terms related to human-surrogate interaction is described, following which an attempt at defining a consolidated space of surrogate characteristics is made. The rationale behind the space definition is to provide an easy way to categorize existing and future systems, and help identify areas in which the research community might focus its efforts.

Keywords

Humanoid Robot Social Presence Virtual Character Virtual Human Behavioral Uniqueness 
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Acknowledgements

The material presented in this publication is based on work supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Code 30 (Program Manager - Dr. Peter Squire) (N00014-12-1-0052, N00014-14-1-0248 and N00014-12-1-1003), the National Science Foundation (CNS1051067) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors. The authors would like to thank all team members of SREAL at the Institute for Simulation and Training at UCF.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Arjun Nagendran
    • 1
  • Gregory Welch
    • 1
  • Charles Hughes
    • 1
  • Remo Pillat
    • 1
  1. 1.Synthetic Reality LabUniversity of Central FloridaOrlandoUSA

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