Questioning Good Performance

Playing a Game | Composed | Gaming

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Preamble

Type

Composed Pattern, Playing a game

Ranking

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Version

Author

Kathrin Pollmann (kathrin.pollmann@iao.fraunhofer.de)

Design Challenge

Interaction Situation

The user and the robot are engaged in a game where the user has to perform well on a certain task. The robot appeals to the user’s ambition and fighting spirit, by uttering its doubts about the user’s skills, encouraging her to do her best and show her true skills and refute the robot’s claim.

Communication
Goal

“I doubt that you will show good performance in the upcoming action. I dare you to prove me wrong!”

Design Solution

Solution

Let the robot express that: That it is not convinced about the user’s skills through a meaningful dynamic body expression (Doubtful) It feels superior to the user through an upright posture including, if possible, a lifted head and hostile face (Showing dominance). Its operation mode is setting the status light to permanently glowing. (Operation mode on)

Rationale

References and
Context

Needs: Doubtful AND Showing dominance AND Operation mode on

Opposed patterns: all other composed patterns – two composed patterns can never be executed at the same time