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Conducting Interaction – Patterns of Behavior in Focused Encounters

TitleConducting Interaction – Patterns of Behavior in Focused Encounters
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1990
AuthorsKendon A
PublisherCambridge University Press
AbstractRelevent HR bits from from Huttenrauch et al. (2006) Kendon’s F-Formation system [12] is based upon the observations that people often group themselves in spatial formations, e.g., in clusters, lines, circles, or other patterns. An F-Formation arises when two or more people form a shared space between them to which they have equal and direct access due to their sustained spatial and orientational configuration. The necessary behavioural organization and movement patterns which are used to sustain this F-Formation is called an F-Formation system. The F-Formation system can be applied to an interactive encounter between a robot and a human. Kendon showed that joint activities and spatial interactions are supported by certain F-Formation system arrangements, and thus often are encountered in prototypical situations. In the Vis-à-vis arrangement, two participants normally face one another directly; an LShape arrangement usually indicates a joint system in which something is shared in the o-space. The Side-by-side configuration (fig.2, right) allows two participants to stand closely together and to face the same direction. This arrangement often occurs in situations wereboth interactors are facing an outer edge given externally by the environment, e.g., in the form of a table or a wall. For HRI it is important to notice that all F-formation arrangements support a triadic relationship between the two interactors and one or more objects of shared interest, e.g., objects that a robot should learn.
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