Comfortable touch interaction with a robot

• Project/Area Number: 15H05322
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Intelligent robotics
• Research Institution: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
• Principal Investigator: Shiomi Masahiro 株式会社国際電気通信基礎技術研究所, 知能ロボティクス研究所, 研究員 (90455577)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥24,050,000 (Direct Cost: ¥18,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,550,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥7,930,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,830,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥7,280,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,680,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥8,840,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,040,000)
• Keywords: ソーシャルタッチインタラクション / ヒューマンロボットインタラクション / ソーシャルタッチ / アクティブタッチ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Social touch interaction is one essential factor to build friendly relationship between social robots and people in daily life. This study aimed to enable such social robots to interact with people through touches. For this purpose, this project developed robots that can touch or hug to bring comfortable feeling to interacting partners.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Estimating Children’s Social Status through their Interaction Activities in Classrooms with a Social Robot (2018)
  • Author(s): TsuyoshiaKomatsubara, Masahiro Shiomi, Thomas Kaczmarek, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Social Robotics Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-14
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12369-018-0474-7
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Modeling the impact of interaction on pedestrian group motion (2018)
  • Author(s): Zeynep Yucel, Francesco Zanlungo, Masahiro Shiomi
  • Journal Title: Advanced Robotics Volume: 32 Issue: 3 Pages: 137-147
  • DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2017.1421481
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] How Do Communication Cues Change Impressions of Human-Robot Touch Interaction? (2018)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Hirano, Masahiro Shiomi, Takamasa Iio, Mitsuhiko Kimoto, Ivan Tanev, Katsunori Shimohara, Norihiro Hagita
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Social Robotics Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 21-31
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12369-017-0425-8
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Can Using Pointing Gestures Encourage Children to Ask Questions (2017)
  • Author(s): Tsuyoshi Komatsubara, Masahiro Shiomi, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Social Robotics Volume: 1 Issue: 4 Pages: 1-13
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12369-017-0444-5
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Gender Effects on Lexical Alignment in Human-Robot Interaction (2017)
  • Author(s): Mitsuhiko Kimoto, Takamasa Iio, Masahiro Shiomi, Ivan Tanev, Katsunori Shimohara, Norihiro Hagita
  • Journal Title: IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems Volume: 137 Issue: 12 Pages: 1625-1632
  • DOI: 10.1541/ieejeiss.137.1625
  • NAID: 130006235395
  • ISSN: 0385-4221, 1348-8155
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Robot Confirmation Behavior to Improve Object Reference Recognition (2017)
  • Author(s): 木本充彦，飯尾尊優，塩見昌裕，タネヴイヴァン，下原勝憲，萩田紀博
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan Volume: 35 Issue: 9 Pages: 681-692
  • DOI: 10.7210/jrsj.35.681
  • NAID: 130006250499
  • ISSN: 0289-1824, 1884-7145
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Does A Robot’s Touch Encourage Human Effort? (2016)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Shiomi , Kayako Nakagawa, Kazuhiko Shinozawa, Reo Matsumura, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Social Robotics Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-11
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12369-016-0339-x
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] A Desktop-Sized Communication Robot: "robovie-mR2" (2015)
  • Author(s): Reo Matsumura, Masahiro Shiomi, Kayako Nakagawa, Kazuhiko Shinozawa, Takahiro Miyashita
  • Journal Title: Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics Volume: 28 Pages: 107-108
  • NAID: 130007671239
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] 人間の技能向上に複数台ロボットによる“褒め”が及ぼす影響の検証 (2017)
  • Author(s): 奥村 奏音, 塩見 昌裕, 飯尾 尊優, 木本 充彦, Ivan Tanev, 下原 勝憲, 萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: 第44回 知能システムシンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 東京，日本
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-13
• [Presentation] 指示物体認識における人のパーソナリティとロボットの対話戦略との関係性分析 (2017)
  • Author(s): 木本 充彦, 飯尾 尊優, 塩見 昌裕, Ivan Tanev, 下原 勝憲, 萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: 第44回 知能システムシンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 東京，日本
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-13
• [Presentation] Does a Reciprocated Hug from a Robot Encourage Self-Disclosure? (2017)
  • Author(s): Aya Nakata, Masahiro Shiomi, Masayuki Kanbara, Norihiro Hagita
  • Organizer: The 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
  • Place of Presentation: Vienna, Austria
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-06
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Does a Reciprocated Hug from a Robot Encourage Prosocial Behavior? (2017)
  • Author(s): Aya Nakata, Masahiro Shiomi, Masayuki Kanbara, Norihiro Hagita
  • Organizer: The 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
  • Place of Presentation: Vienna, Austria
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-06
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ロボットからの抱き返しは向社会的行動と相互作用を促進するか (2017)
  • Author(s): 中田 彩，塩見 昌裕，神原 誠之，萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: インタラクション2017
  • Place of Presentation: 東京，日本
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-02
• [Presentation] Walk the talk: Gestures in mobile interaction (2017)
  • Author(s): Zeynep Yucel, Francesco Zanlungo, Masahiro Shiomi
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Social Robotics
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Robot that Encourages Self-Disclosure by Hug (2017)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Shiomi, Aya Nakata, Masayuki Kanbara Norihiro Hagita
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Social Robotics
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Do Audio-Visual Stimuli Change Hug Impressions? (2017)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Shiomi, Norihiro Hagita
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Social Robotics
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Do Social Rewards from Robots Enhance Offline Improvements in Motor Skills? (2017)
  • Author(s): Soto Okumura, Mitsuhiko Kimoto, Masahiro Shiomi, takamasa iio, Katsunori Shimohara, Norihiro Hagita
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Social Robotics
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Can Graphical Interaction Increase Feelings of Conveying and Understanding in On-line Group DiscussionHow Do Communication Cues Change Impressions of Human-Robot Touch Interaction? (2017)
  • Author(s): Mitsuhiko Kimoto, Masahiro Shiomi, Takamasa Iio, Ivan Tanev, Katsunori Shimohara
  • Organizer: SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Subtle Reaction and Response Time Effects in Human-Robot Touch Interaction (2017)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Shiomi, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Social Robotics
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Hug from a Robot Encourages Prosocial Behavior (2017)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Shiomi, Aya Nakata, Masayuki Kanbara, Norihiro Hagita
  • Organizer: IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Does an Animation Character Robot Increase Sales? (2017)
  • Author(s): Reo Matsumura, Masahiro Shiomi, Norihiro Hagita
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Human Agent Interaction
• [Presentation] ロボットとの身体的接触は自己開示を促すか (2017)
  • Author(s): 塩見昌裕，中田彩，神原誠之，萩田紀博
  • Organizer: 2017年度人工知能学会全国大会（第31回）JSAI2017
• [Presentation] ネットワーク化されたロボット店員の社会実装とその実運用 (2017)
  • Author(s): 松村 礼央，塩見 昌裕，萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第35回学術講演会
• [Presentation] 接触行為に対するロボットの反応時間がもたらす印象変化 (2017)
  • Author(s): 塩見 昌裕，港 隆史，石黒 浩
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第35回学術講演会
• [Presentation] 視聴覚提示に伴うロボットからの抱擁への印象変化 (2017)
  • Author(s): 塩見 昌裕，萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第35回学術講演会
• [Presentation] ロボットからの社会的報酬が技能向上へ及ぼす影響 (2017)
  • Author(s): 奥村 奏音，木本 充彦，塩見 昌裕，飯尾 尊優，Ivan Tanev，下原 勝憲，萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第35回学術講演会
• [Presentation] ロボットの台数変化がもたらす同調圧力の効果検証 (2017)
  • Author(s): 塩見 昌裕，萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第35回学術講演会
• [Presentation] ロボットとの抱擁がもたらす自己開示の促進効果 (2017)
  • Author(s): 塩見 昌裕，中田 彩，神原 誠之，萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第35回学術講演会
• [Presentation] Do Synchronized Multiple Robots Exert Peer Pressure? (2016)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Shiomi, Norihiro Hagita
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Human Agent Interaction
  • Place of Presentation: Biopolis, Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Alignment Approach Comparison between Implicit and Explicit Suggestions in Object Reference Conversations (2016)
  • Author(s): Mitsuhiko Kimoto, Takamasa Iio, Masahiro Shiomi, Ivan Tanev, Katsunori Shimohara, Norihiro Hagita
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Human Agent Interaction
  • Place of Presentation: Biopolis, Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Communication Cues in a Human-Robot Touch Interaction (2016)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Hirano, Masahiro Shiomi, Takamasa Iio, Mitsuhiko Kimoto, Takuya Nagashio, Ivan Tanev, Katsunori Shimohara, Norihiro Hagita
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Human Agent Interaction
  • Place of Presentation: Biopolis, Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 複数台ロボットによる同調圧力の効果検証 (2016)
  • Author(s): 塩見 昌裕，萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第34回学術講演会講演論文集
  • Place of Presentation: 山形，日本
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-07
• [Presentation] ロボットによる指差しの理解が子どもたちの質問を促す効果の検証 (2016)
  • Author(s): 小松原 剛志，塩見 昌裕，神田 崇行，石黒 浩
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第34回学術講演会講演論文集
  • Place of Presentation: 山形，日本
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-07
• [Presentation] 明示的な発話依頼と暗黙的な引き込みにおける物体認識精度と印象の比較 (2016)
  • Author(s): 木本 充彦，飯尾 尊優，塩見 昌裕，Tanev Ivan，下原 勝憲，萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第34回学術講演会講演論文集
  • Place of Presentation: 山形，日本
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-07
• [Presentation] 移動軌跡に基づく歩行者グループのインタラクション検出 (2016)
  • Author(s): Zeynep Yucel，Francesco Zanlungo，塩見 昌裕
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第34回学術講演会講演論文集
  • Place of Presentation: 山形，日本
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-07
• [Presentation] 接触時におけるロボットの視線と触れ方の影響 (2016)
  • Author(s): 平野 貴大，塩見 昌裕，飯尾 尊優，木本 充彦，Tanev Ivan，下原 勝憲，萩田 紀博
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第34回学術講演会講演論文集
  • Place of Presentation: 山形，日本
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-07
• [Presentation] ロボットとの触れ合いがもたらすモチベーション向上効果 (2015)
  • Author(s): 塩見昌裕，萩田紀博
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第33回学術講演会講演論文集
  • Place of Presentation: 東京電機大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-03
• [Presentation] テーブルトップ型対話ロボットプラットフォーム「Sota（ソータ）：Social Talker」の開発 (2015)
  • Author(s): 塩見昌裕，大和信夫，前田武志，横山智彰，深津将生，今川拓郎，石黒浩
  • Organizer: 日本ロボット学会第33回学術講演会講演論文集
  • Place of Presentation: 東京電機大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-03
• [Remarks] Masahiro Shiomi
  • URL: http://masahiroshiomi.jp/index_ja.html
• [Remarks] Masahiro Shiomi
  • URL: http://masahiroshiomi.jp/
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] コミュニケーション・ロボット (2017)
  • Inventor(s): 塩見昌裕，中田彩，神原誠之，萩田紀博
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 塩見昌裕，中田彩，神原誠之，萩田紀博
  • Industrial Property Rights Type: 特許
  • Filing Date: 2017-02-20