NDLI: Tinker: a relational agent museum guide

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Bickmore, Timothy W. Vardoulakis, Laura M. Pfeifer Schulman, Daniel
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	A virtual museum guide agent that uses human relationship-building behaviors to engage museum visitors is described. The computer animated agent, named “Tinker”, uses nonverbal conversational behavior, empathy, social dialogue, reciprocal self-disclosure and other relational behavior to establish social bonds with users, and encourage continued interaction and repeated visits. Tinker describes exhibits in the museum, gives directions, and discusses technical aspects of her own implementation. Tinker also recognizes returning visitors through biometric analysis of their hand shapes and dialogue cues. Results from two experiments using Tinker are described. In the first, 29 returning visitors are randomized to interact with the agent with the biometric identification turned on or off. In the second experiment, 1,607 visitors are randomized to interact with versions of Tinker that have relationship-building behavior turned on or off. Results indicate that the use of relational behavior leads to significantly greater engagement by museum visitors, measured by session length, number of sessions, and self-reported attitude, as well as learning gains, as measured by a knowledge test, compared to the same agent that does not use relational behavior. Implications for museum exhibits and intelligent tutoring systems are discussed.
Starting Page	254
Ending Page	276
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13872532
Journal	Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Volume Number	27
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15737454
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-01-04
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Relational agents Social interfaces Interactive installation Embodied conversational agent Intelligent virtual agent Pedagogical agent Intelligent tutoring system Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks Computing Methodologies Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Artificial Intelligence

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