Mediated Visits: Longitudinal Domestic Dwelling with Mobile Robotic Telepresence

Boudouraki, Andriana; Reeves, Stuart; Fischer, Joel E; Rintel, Sean

Abstract

Mobile Robotic Telepresence (MRP) systems are remotely controlled, mobile videoconferencing devices that allow the remote user to move independently and have a physical presence in the environment. This paper presents a longitudinal study of MRP use in the home, where the first author used an MRP to connect with family, her partner, and friends over a six-month period. Taking an ethnomethodological approach, we present video recorded fragments to explore the phenomenon of ‘visiting’ where MRP users drop into the home for a period of time. We unpack the more ‘procedural’ elements—arriving and departing—alongside ways of ‘dwelling’ together during a visit, and the qualities of mobility, autonomous presence and spontaneity that emerge.

Citation

Boudouraki, A., Reeves, S., Fischer, J. E., & Rintel, S. (2022). Mediated Visits: Longitudinal Domestic Dwelling with Mobile Robotic Telepresence. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517640

• Conference Name: CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
• Conference Location: New Orleans LA USA
• Start Date: Apr 30, 2022
• End Date: May 5, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Feb 10, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Apr 29, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022-04
• Deposit Date: Mar 10, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 29, 2022
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
• Pages: 1-16
• ISBN: 9781450391573
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517640
• Keywords: ethnography, videoconferencing, mediated intimacy, mediated closeness
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7569621
• Publisher URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3491102.3517640
• Related Public URLs: https://chi2022.acm.org/