Commensality is defined as "a social group that eats together" and eating in a commensality setting has a number of positive effects on humans. In this paper, we discuss how HCI and technology in general can be exploited to replicate the benefits of commensality for people who choose or are forced to eat alone. We discuss research into and the design of Artificial Commensal Companions that can provide social interactions during food consumption. We present the design of a system, consisting of a toy robot, computer vision tracking, and a simple interaction model, that can show non-verbal social behaviors to influence a user's food choice. Finally, we discuss future studies and applications of this system, and provide suggestions for future research into Artificial Commensal Companions.

Room for one more? - Introducing artificial commensal companions / Mancini, M.; Niewiadomski, R.; Huisman, G.; Bruijnes, M.; Gallagher, C. P.. - (2020), pp. 1-8. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2020 tenutosi a online) [10.1145/3334480.3383027].

Room for one more? - Introducing artificial commensal companions

Mancini M.;
2020

Abstract

Commensality is defined as "a social group that eats together" and eating in a commensality setting has a number of positive effects on humans. In this paper, we discuss how HCI and technology in general can be exploited to replicate the benefits of commensality for people who choose or are forced to eat alone. We discuss research into and the design of Artificial Commensal Companions that can provide social interactions during food consumption. We present the design of a system, consisting of a toy robot, computer vision tracking, and a simple interaction model, that can show non-verbal social behaviors to influence a user's food choice. Finally, we discuss future studies and applications of this system, and provide suggestions for future research into Artificial Commensal Companions.
2020
2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2020
Commensality; Companion; Eating; Food; HCI; Interaction; Non-verbal; Robot
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Room for one more? - Introducing artificial commensal companions / Mancini, M.; Niewiadomski, R.; Huisman, G.; Bruijnes, M.; Gallagher, C. P.. - (2020), pp. 1-8. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2020 tenutosi a online) [10.1145/3334480.3383027].
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