On the Use of Videography in HRI
Arne Maibaum, Philipp Graf, René Tuma · Bielefeld University Press eBooks · 2024
Although video recording is common and widespread in the field of human-robot interaction (HRI), there is little consensus on methodological approaches.In this paper, we argue that a methodological reflected use of videos is necessary to realize the full potential of video data collection and interpretation and produce a more accurate evaluation and exploration of HRI situations.This is especially important as robots are now entering new real-world institutional contexts, such as health care facilities and shopping malls.To illustrate the method's advantage and provide insights on its application, we draw on examples from our research.We follow the complexity of the situation chosen for analysis from an individual experiment in a laboratory to experiments conducted "in the wild."Additionally, we elaborate on the importance of ethnography for videographic work in HRI to interpret and make sense of the data recorded, as well as for the conception of the video recordings.We thank the editors of this anthology for their helpful comments and advice.We thank Elisabeth Schmidt, who helped us improve the language used in this paper, and Eileen Roesler, for the additional picture opportunity.2