As interest in studying in-the-wild human-robot interaction grows, there is a need for methods to collect data over time and in naturalistic or potentially private environments. HRI researchers have increasingly used the diary method for these studies, asking study participants to self-administer a structured data collection instrument, i.e., a diary, over a period of time. Although the diary method offers a unique window into settings that researchers may not have access to, they also lack the interactivity and probing that interview-based methods offer. In this paper, we explore a novel data collection method in which a robot plays the role of an interactive diary. We developed the Diary Robot system and performed in-home deployments for a week to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of this approach. Using traditional text-based and audio-based diaries as benchmarks, we found that robots are able to effectively elicit the intended information. We reflect on our findings, and describe scenarios where the utilization of robots in diary studies as a data collection instrument may be especially applicable.
A method for Selecting Scenes and Emotion-based Descriptions for a Robot's Diary
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo（东京大学跨学科信息学研究生院）；Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo（东京大学信息科学与技术研究生院）
"I am the follower, also the boss": Exploring Different Levels of Autonomy and Machine Forms of Guiding Robots for the Visually Impaired
Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua University（清华大学人工智能产业研究院）；The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)（香港科技大学（广州））；The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology（香港科技大学）
If They Disagree, Will You Conform? Exploring the Role of Robots' Value Awareness in a Decision-Making Task
CONTACT Unit, Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy（意大利理工学院CONTACT单元，热那亚，意大利）；IDLab-AIRO, Ghent University – imec, Belgium（根特大学imec IDLab-AIRO，比利时）
Exploring Child-Robot Interaction in Individual and Group settings in India
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham（阿米塔大学）；AMMACHI Labs（AMMACHI实验室）；Osaka University（大阪大学）；Amrita School of Computing（阿米塔计算机学院）；Amrita School of Engineering（阿米塔工程学院）
Exploring the Use of Social Robots to Prepare Children for Radiological Procedures: A Focus Group Study
Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano（电子、信息与生物工程系，米兰理工大学）；Pediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology Department, Children’s Hospital V.Buzzi（儿童医院V.Buzzi儿科放射学与神经放射学部）
Exploring Consequential Robot Sound: Should We Make Robots Quiet and Kawaii-et?
Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CoRIS) Institute, Oregon State University（俄勒冈州立大学协作机器人与智能系统研究所）；School of Psychological Science, Oregon State University（俄勒冈州立大学心理科学学院）
Exploring Human-Robot Collaboration: Analysis of Interaction Modalities in Challenging Tasks
Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), USI-SUPSI（达勒莫勒人工智能研究所（IDSIA））；Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences with interest in Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia（外科、医学、牙科和形态学科学系（关注移植、肿瘤学和再生医学），摩德纳和雷吉奥艾米利亚大学）；Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering (DISMI), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia（工程科学与方法系（DISMI），摩德纳和雷吉奥艾米利亚大学）
Designing Socially Assistive Robots: Exploring Israeli and German Designers' Perceptions
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev（内盖夫本-古里安大学）；Affective & Cognitive Institute, Offenburg University（奥芬堡大学情感与认知研究所）；Delft University of Technology（代尔夫特理工大学）
Empowering Robot Teleoperation: Exploring the Synergies Between Devices and Manipulator Controllers in a Comparative Study
School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China（香港中文大学（深圳）科学与工程学院）；Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology（香港科学与技术大学机械与航空航天工程系）；Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China（深圳人工智能与机器人社会研究院（AIRS））
Exploring persuasive interactions with generative social robots: An experimental framework
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences（ZHAW苏黎世应用科学大学）；FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland（FHNW瑞士西北应用科学与艺术大学）；Bielefeld University（比勒费尔德大学）
Game Theory to Study Cooperation in Human-Robot Mixed Groups: Exploring the Potential of the Public Good Game
Robotics Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department (RBCS), Italian Institute of Technology（机器人脑科学与认知科学部门（RBCS），意大利理工学院）；Cognitive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies (CONTACT) Unit, Italian Institute of Technology（协作技术认知架构（CONTACT）单元，意大利理工学院）；Department of Computer Science, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genova（计算机科学、生物工程、机器人与系统工程部门（DIBRIS），热那亚大学）
