NAO Python3

This repository contains the nao_demo.py script, demonstrating a simplified NAO interaction with a user from Experiment 1 in The Impact of a Robot’s Agreement (or Disagreement) on Human-Human Interpersonal Closeness in a Two-Person Decision-Making Task. This code is written in Python3, and NAO's actions are controlled by qi library.

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How to run nao_demo.py?

• On an Ubuntu laptop, git clone this repo to your desired location
• cd into this repo, and create a secret.csv (which must include a column named api_key, with the actual API key listed in the row below the header)
• If qi library is not installed, on the terminal run: pip install qi
• On the terminal, run: python3 nao_demo.py <NAO_IP_Address> <USER_NAME>
• Follow the menu displayed on the terminal, select one of the six modes:

Code	Description
p	Positive feedback using ChatGPT
n	Negative feedback using ChatGPT
m	Alternating positive/negative feedback using ChatGPT
sp	Scripted positive feedback
sn	Scripted negative feedback
sm	Scripted alternating positive/negative feedback

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Citation

If you use this code or build upon this work in your research, please cite the following publication:

@article{lin2025impact,
  title={The Impact of a Robot’s Agreement (or Disagreement) on Human-Human Interpersonal Closeness in a Two-Person Decision-Making Task},
  author={Lin, Ting-Han and Kopelman, Yuval Rubin and Busse, Madeline and Sebo, Sarah and Erel, Hadas},
  journal={Computers in Human Behavior},
  pages={108807},
  year={2025},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}

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Notes

This repo is updated on 10/28/2025. If you have any questions, please reach out to Ting-Han (Timmy) Lin (tinghan@uchicago.edu) or Jingyu Chen (jchen68@uchicago.edu).