Pilot Study on Robot Navigation and Canine Welfare
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This paper presents a pilot study evaluating a curve-out maneuver designed to improve animal welfare during robot navigation. Contrary to expectations, the maneuver caused higher stress responses in companion dogs compared to straight-line trajectories. The authors attribute this to discontinuous execution that reduced behavioral legibility, highlighting structural challenges for cross-species interaction design.
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“arXiv:2610.40921v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Autonomous delivery robots increasingly share residential spaces with companion animals, yet navigation behavior is rarely designed with animal welfare in mind. This paper presents a pilot study evaluating a curve-out maneuver, a laterally arcing pass-by trajectory triggered at the dog's alert distance, proposed as a candidate welfare-informed navigation intervention”
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- arXiv Robotics — research abstractsSignalRobot Navigation and Canine Welfare: A Pilot Study Surfacing Challenges for Cross-Species Legibility and Proxy Validity in Animal-Machine Interaction
This paper presents a pilot study evaluating a curve-out maneuver designed to improve animal welfare during robot navigation. Contrary to expectations, the maneuver caused higher stress responses in companion dogs compared to straight-line trajectories. The authors attribute this to discontinuous execution that reduced behavioral legibility, highlighting structural challenges for cross-species interaction design.
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