The Effect of Field of View on Social Interaction in Mobile Robotic Telepresence Systems

One goal of mobile robotic telepresence for social interaction is to design robotic units that are easy to operate for novice users and promote good interaction between people.This paper presents an exploratory study on the effect of camera orientation and field of view on the interaction between a remote and local user.Our findings suggest that limiting the width of the field of view can lead to better interaction quality as it encourages remote users to orient the robot towards local users. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.9 [Robotics]: Commercial robots and applications; H.5.2 [User interfaces]: Graphical user interfaces (GUI)