Robots that Refuse to Admit Losing – A Case Study in Game Playing Using Self-Serving Bias in the Humanoid Robot MARC

Mriganka Biswas; John Murray

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43506-0_47

Robots that Refuse to Admit Losing – A Case Study in Game Playing Using Self-Serving Bias in the Humanoid Robot MARC

Mriganka Biswas, John Murray

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The research presented in this paper is part of a wider study investigating the role cognitive bias plays in developing long-term companionship between a robot and human. In this paper we discuss how the self-serving cognitive bias can play a role in robot-human interaction. One of the robots used in this study called MARC (See Fig. 1) was given a series of self-serving trait behaviours such as denying own faults for failures, blaming on others and bragging. Such fallible behaviours were compared to the robot’s non-biased friendly behaviours. In the current paper, we present comparisons of two case studies using the selfserving bias and a non-biased algorithm. It is hoped that such humanlike fallible characteristics can help in developing a more natural and believable companionship between Robots and Humans. The results of the current experiments show that the participants initially warmed to the robot with the self-serving traits.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intelligent Robotics and Applications
Subtitle of host publication	9th International Conference, ICIRA 2016, Tokyo, Japan, August 22-24, 2016, Proceedings, Part I
Editors	Naoyuki Kubota, Kazuo Kiguchi, Honghai Liu, Takenori Obo
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Pages	538-548
Number of pages	11
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319435060
ISBN (Print)	9783319435053
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43506-0_47
Publication status	Published - 3 Aug 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 22 Aug 2016 → 24 Aug 2016 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-43506-0

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Publisher	Springer
Volume	9834 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	9th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications
Abbreviated title	ICIRA 2016
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	22/08/16 → 24/08/16
Internet address	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-43506-0

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Biswas, M., & Murray, J. (2016). Robots that Refuse to Admit Losing – A Case Study in Game Playing Using Self-Serving Bias in the Humanoid Robot MARC. In N. Kubota, K. Kiguchi, H. Liu, & T. Obo (Eds.), Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 9th International Conference, ICIRA 2016, Tokyo, Japan, August 22-24, 2016, Proceedings, Part I (1st ed., pp. 538-548). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9834 LNCS). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43506-0_47

Biswas, Mriganka ; Murray, John. / Robots that Refuse to Admit Losing – A Case Study in Game Playing Using Self-Serving Bias in the Humanoid Robot MARC. Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 9th International Conference, ICIRA 2016, Tokyo, Japan, August 22-24, 2016, Proceedings, Part I. editor / Naoyuki Kubota ; Kazuo Kiguchi ; Honghai Liu ; Takenori Obo. 1st. ed. Springer, Cham, 2016. pp. 538-548 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Biswas, M & Murray, J 2016, Robots that Refuse to Admit Losing – A Case Study in Game Playing Using Self-Serving Bias in the Humanoid Robot MARC. in N Kubota, K Kiguchi, H Liu & T Obo (eds), Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 9th International Conference, ICIRA 2016, Tokyo, Japan, August 22-24, 2016, Proceedings, Part I. 1st edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9834 LNCS, Springer, Cham, pp. 538-548, 9th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Tokyo, Japan, 22/08/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43506-0_47

Robots that Refuse to Admit Losing – A Case Study in Game Playing Using Self-Serving Bias in the Humanoid Robot MARC. / Biswas, Mriganka; Murray, John.
Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 9th International Conference, ICIRA 2016, Tokyo, Japan, August 22-24, 2016, Proceedings, Part I. ed. / Naoyuki Kubota; Kazuo Kiguchi; Honghai Liu; Takenori Obo. 1st. ed. Springer, Cham, 2016. p. 538-548 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9834 LNCS).

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Biswas M, Murray J. Robots that Refuse to Admit Losing – A Case Study in Game Playing Using Self-Serving Bias in the Humanoid Robot MARC. In Kubota N, Kiguchi K, Liu H, Obo T, editors, Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 9th International Conference, ICIRA 2016, Tokyo, Japan, August 22-24, 2016, Proceedings, Part I. 1st ed. Springer, Cham. 2016. p. 538-548. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). Epub 2016 Aug 2. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43506-0_47

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