Megan Eskew

In-Vehicle Intelligent Agents in Fully Autonomous Driving: The Effects of Speech Style and Embodiment Together and Separately

Speech style and embodiment are two widely researched characteristics of in-vehicle intelligent agents (IVIAs). This study aimed to investigate the influence of speech style (informative vs. conversational) and embodiment (voice-only vs. robot) and their interaction effects on driver-agent interaction. We conducted a…