Can you pass that tool?: Implications of Indirect Speech in Physical Human-Robot Collaboration
Yan Zhang, Tharaka Sachintha Ratnayake, Cherie Sew, Jarrod Knibbe, Jorge Gonçalves, Wafa Johal
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You could take the small yellow cylinder ... Figure 1: This figure presents images from our experiment, featuring representative participant utterances to illustrate the types of requests used. The top left image depicts a direct request, while the rest of the images showcase various indirect requests. The interpretation and robot's responses are explained in section 3.
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