4. Experiments in interaction robotics

The robot is a performative machine , meaning that it can be lived and understood through experience. Experiments in interaction robotics, putting users in direct contact with robots, are therefore crucial to understanding the phenomena involved and user behavior. Generally speaking, there are two types of experiments whose philosophies are fundamentally opposed to each other: scripted, ultra-controlled laboratory experiments, and open, ecological experiments. It should be noted that to carry out such experiments, it is necessary to obtain prior authorization from institutional ethics committees. They involve human beings as users, and cannot therefore...