“Talk to you later” Doing social robotics with conversation analysis.

What is it about?

This article presents an applied discussion of the possibility of integrating conversation analysis (CA) methodology into that of machine learning. The aim is to improve the detection of that which resembles disengagement in the interaction between a robot and a human.

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Why is it important?

This is the first time such a methodological assemblage is proposed : combining the “single case and collection” methodology of CA and the big data from machine learning