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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO STUDY TEAM COHESION IN HUMAN-ROBOT TEAMS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

Sreeja Sri Ramoji  and
Vishal Singh
Sreeja Sri Ramoji*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Vishal Singh
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
*
Sri Ramoji, Sreeja, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, sreejasri@iisc.ac.in

Abstract

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use-case scenarios, including homes, hospitals, workplaces, and recreation. Though the area of Social Robotics has gained traction in recent years, the majority of the studies so far have studied single-human and single-robot interaction. In comparison, Social Robots are increasingly being placed in human teams, likely affecting team dynamics. On the other hand, Engineering teams work together to deliver outstanding results and the processes in these teams are social. We propose that Social robot can be added to engineering human team to enhance team cohesion and performance. Therefore, this paper presents a preliminary framework towards developing a conceptual framework to study team cohesion in Human-Robot Teams (HRTs) in engineering context, looks at different roles of social robot and how the responses, behaviours, emotions of social robots shape outcomes in the engineering team. The research specifically focuses on team cohesion because team cohesion is reportedly one of the most critical concepts in team dynamics. The paper outlines the research objectives, framework and concept workflow.

Keywords

TeamworkOrganizational processesResearch methodologies and methodsArtificial intelligenceSocietal consequences
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 3: ICED23 , July 2023 , pp. 1057 - 1066
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