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September 10, 2025Paladyn Journal of Behavioral RoboticsOpen Access

Evaluating people's perceptions of an agent as a public speaking coach

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DFDelara ForghaniMGMoojan GhafurianSRSamira Rasouli

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Overview

Online study evaluates perceptions of social robots and voice assistants as coaches, highlighting the impact of interaction styles.

Key Points

  • Participants rated the active listener social robot more positively for engagement and warmth compared to the voice assistant.
  • The online study included 168 participants who watched videos of agents in three coaching conditions.
  • Agents varied from a humanoid social robot in active and passive listening to a voice assistant, assessing user perceptions.
  • Gender and personality traits influenced participants' evaluations of the agents, emphasizing the importance of design considerations.

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Forghani et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1dda954b1d3bfb60fc827https://doi.org/10.1515/pjbr-2024-0004
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