TABLE 6.
The interaction patterns identified from the behavioral data, including a description of what they entail.
| Category | Concept | Description |
| Stable situation | Human following | Human lets the robot do its task |
| Human actively on top of things, actively supervising | Human is constantly in touch with the robot | |
| Active observation by human | Human is actively observing what the robot is doing | |
| Human leading | Human leads the robot | |
| Human executing the robot’s task | Human executes the task of the robot | |
| Proactive following by human | Human actively predicts and observes what the robot will do, following their course of action | |
| Human dragging the robot along while doing all the work, the robot is a burden | Human ignores the robot as much as possible while focusing on completing the task | |
| Human focuses on their own task, but leaving time for the robot to catch up | Human executes their own task while leaving space for the robot to follow them in that course of action | |
| Sudden adaptation | Unexpected action by a robot team member | The robot does something the human did not expect, possibly triggering a leadership shift |
| Human waiting for the robot to finish their task | The human waits for the robot to finish their task, and decides on a leadership role after that | |
| Human trying to finish the robot’s task when the robot is done | When the robot has finished their task, the human takes over the task to see if it can be improved upon | |
| Partner-interfering mistake | The robot makes a mistake that directly and strongly interferes with the human’s course of action | |
| Human losing contact with the robot due to focus on own task | The human focuses very much on their own task, therefore lose contact with the robot | |
| Being close to finishing the task | The team is very close to finishing the task, which possibly triggers a leadership shift | |
| Human actively making up for the robot’s limitations | The human foresees a limitation of the robot will hinder their performance, therefore undertakes action to avoid that | |
| Task achievement | A task achievement is reached, possibly triggering a leadership shift | |
| Human urging the robot to be more active, ‘come on’ | The robot is relatively passive, causing the human to actively urge the robot to be more active | |
| Human stops with what they’re doing, waits | The human suddenly stops with what they are doing to wait, after which a new leadership role is chosen | |
| Repeating previous behavior patterns | The human recognizes a situation similar to an earlier situation, and repeats the behavior previously executed | |
| Human recognizing the autonomy of the robot | The human recognizes the autonomous capabilities of the robot, possibly triggering a leadership shift | |
| Quick response to leadership shifts due to continuous connection | Due to continuous contact between the team members, a leadership shift initiated by one team member is quickly and smoothly followed by the other | |
| Robot becomes active after being inactive | After a period of waiting of being inactive, the robot suddenly becomes active again, possibly triggering a leadership shift | |
| Gradual adaptation | Human gradually letting the robot do more | The human gradually lets the robot do more over time |
| Human learning to predict the robot’s behavior | Over time, the human gradually gains insight into the robot’s behavior, thereby enabling them to better predict their behavior | |
| Human trying to regain control in different ways until eventually taking the lead | Over time, the human attempts to take the lead and regain control in different ways, to eventually find a way to keep taking the lead | |
| Active negotiation | Human executing leading in short intervals | The human takes the lead several times in short intervals, observing what the robot does in the following intervals, to actively search for and negotiate a new stable situation |