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This paper presents the first study in a series of proxemics experimentsconcerned with the role of personal spatial zones in human-robot interaction.In the study 40 participants approached a NAO robot positioned approximately atparticipants' eye level and entered different social zones around the robot(personal and intimate space). When the robot perceived the approaching personentering its personal space, it started gazing at the participant, and upon theintrusion of its intimate space it leaned back. Our research questions were:(1) given the small size of the robot (58 cm tall), will people expect itssocial zones to shrink by its size? (2) Will the robot behaviors be interpretedas appropriate social behaviors? We found that the average approach distance ofthe participants was 48 cm, which represents the inner limit of the human-sizepersonal zone (45-120 cm), but is outside of the personal zone scaled to robotsize (16-42 cm). This suggests that most participants did not (fully) scaledown the extent of these zones to the robot size. We also found that theleaning back behavior of the robot was correctly interpreted by mostparticipants as the robot's reaction to the intrusion of its personal space;however, our implementation of the behavior was often perceived as"unfriendly". We will discuss this and other limitations of the study indetail. Additionally we found positive correlations between participants'personality traits, Godspeed Questionnaire subscales, and the average approachdistance. The technical contribution of this work is the real-time perceptionof 25 keypoints on the human body using a single compact RGB-D camera and theuse of these points for accurate interpersonal distance estimation and asgazing targets for the robot.

Should a small robot have a small personal space? Investigating personal spatial zones and proxemic behavior in human-robot interaction