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Kyohei Tatsukawa^1,2, Tamami Nakano³, Hiroshi Ishiguro^1,2

¹Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan.

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Human eyeblinks synchronize with robots, enhancing social connection. This synchrony indicates the quality of human-robot relationships and can be influenced by interaction context.

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Area of Science:

Human-Robot Interaction
Social Robotics
Behavioral Psychology

Background:

Robots are increasingly social partners for humans.
Behavioral synchrony is key to positive human-robot relationships.
Attitude towards robots may influence synchrony.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if biasing human attitude towards robots affects human-robot synchrony.
To examine eyeblink synchrony between humans and androids during interaction.

Main Methods:

Face-to-face interaction between humans and an android speaker.
Observation of human eyeblink synchronization with the android.
Manipulation of interaction context (eye contact, physical touch).

Main Results:

Human listeners' eyeblinks synchronized with the android speaker's.
Eyeblink synchrony decreased when the android averted its gaze.
Eyeblink synchrony increased when the human touched the android's hand.

Conclusions:

Eyeblink synchrony is a measurable indicator of human-robot relationship quality.
Interaction context significantly modulates eyeblink synchrony.
Synchrony reflects the qualitative state of human-robot social interactions.