Interacting physically with robots and sharing environment with them leads to situations where humans and robots have to cross each other in narrow corridors. In these cases, the robot has to make space for the human to pass. From observation of human-human crossing behaviours, we isolated two main factors in this avoiding behaviour: body rotation and sliding motion. We implemented a robot controller able to vary these factors and explored how this variation impacted on people's perception. Results from a within-participants study involving 23 participants show that people prefer a robot rotating its body when crossing them. Additionally, a sliding motion is rated as being warmer. These results show the importance of social avoidance when interacting with humans.

翻译：与机器人进行物理互动,与机器人共享环境,导致人类和机器人在狭窄的走廊中相互交叉。 在这些情况中,机器人必须创造空间让人类通过。 通过观察人类的交叉行为,我们分离了避免行为的两个主要因素:身体旋转和滑动运动。我们实施了机器人控制器,能够改变这些因素,并探索这种变化如何影响人们的感知。参与者内部研究的结果,有23名参与者参与,结果显示人们更喜欢机器人在穿越时旋转身体。此外,滑动运动被评为更温暖的。这些结果显示在与人类互动时社会避免的重要性。