A kinematic model generates non-circular human proxemics zones

Fanta Camara; Charles Fox

doi:10.1080/01691864.2023.2263062

A kinematic model generates non-circular human proxemics zones

Fanta Camara^*, Charles Fox

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute for Safe Autonomy

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Abstract

Hall’s theory of proxemics established distinct spatial zones around humans where they experience comfort or discomfort when interacting with others. Our previous work proposed a new model of proxemics and trust and it showed how to generate proxemics zone sizes using simple equations from human kinematic behaviour. But like most work, this assumed that the zones are circular. In the present paper, we refine this model to take the initial heading of the agent into account, and find that this results in a non-circular outer boundary of the social zone. These new analytical results from a generative model form a step towards more advanced quantitative proxemics in dual agents’ interaction modelling.

Original language	English
Number of pages	10
Journal	Advanced Robotics
Early online date	6 Oct 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2023.2263062
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 6 Oct 2023

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Keywords

proxemics zone shapes
trust
dual agents’ behaviour
human-robot interaction

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