Modeling of playing behavior of animals using robot technologies

• Project/Area Number: 15K00366
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Intelligent robotics
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Ishii Hiroyuki 早稲田大学, 理工学術院総合研究所(理工学研究所), 准教授(任期付) (10398927)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TAKANISHI Atsuo 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (50179462)
• Research Collaborator: Shi Qing 北京理工大学, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: ロボット工学 / インタラクション / 機械学習 / ロボット / 強化学習 / 遊び / 動物実験 / 遊び行動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A small mobile robot, which interacted with a rat, were developed. A system for measuring behavior of the rat and controlling that of the robot according to the measurement were also developed. A behavior generation algorithm for the robot, which enabled it to obtain behavior patterns to "play" with a rat by machine learning, was developed.
An experiment to confirm validity of proposed method was then conducted. In the experiment, the robot obtained behavior pattern to play with a rat, through interactions with the rat. The robot finally succeeded to obtain optimal behavior pattern to play with the rat.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] 北京理工大学(中国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] 北京理工大(中国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] 北京理工大学(中国)
• [Journal Article] Autonomous Mobile Robot for Environmental Monitoring (2018)
  • Author(s): 石井裕之，田中克明，高西淳夫
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Pages: 23-26
  • DOI: 10.7210/jrsj.36.23
  • NAID: 130006356044
  • ISSN: 0289-1824, 1884-7145
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mechanical design of a jumping and rolling spherical robot for children with developmental disorders (2017)
  • Author(s): Yujiro Mizumura, Keitaro Ishibashi, Soichi Yamada, Atsuo Takanishi, Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Volume: 2017 Pages: 8324558-8324558
  • DOI: 10.1109/robio.2017.8324558
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Motion evaluation of a modified multi-link robotic rat (2017)
  • Author(s): Chang Li, Qing Shi, Kang Li, Mingjie Zou, Hiroyuki Ishii, Atsuo Takanishi, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda
  • Journal Title: Proceeding of 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Volume: 2017 Pages: 8206053-8206053
  • DOI: 10.1109/iros.2017.8206053
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] A receptionist robot for Brazilian people: study on interaction involving illiterates (2017)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, J. G. Ramos, H, Azevedo, A. Moroni, S. Magossi, R. Simmons, H. Ishii and A. Takanishi
  • Journal Title: Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 3-3
  • DOI: 10.1515/pjbr-2017-0001
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] A Novel Approach to Increase the Locomotion Performance of Mobile Robots in Fields With Tall Grasses (2016)
  • Author(s): K. Tanaka, H. Ishii, et al.
  • Journal Title: IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS (RAL) Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Pages: 122-120
  • DOI: 10.1109/lra.2015.2507705
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Behavior Modulation of Rats to a Robotic Rat in Multi-rat Interaction (2015)
  • Author(s): Q. Shi, H.Ishii, et al.
  • Journal Title: Bioinspiration & Biomimetics Volume: 10(5) Issue: 5 Pages: 056011-056011
  • DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/10/5/056011
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] ロボットを用いたラットの行動研究と薬剤開発への応用 (2018)
  • Author(s): 石井裕之
  • Organizer: 第72回NPO法人日本口腔科学会学術集会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 小型移動ロボットを用いたラットの遊び行動に関する研究 (2017)
  • Author(s): 石井裕之，三塚純子，横山裕也，堀越麗沙子，高西淳夫
  • Organizer: 行動2017
• [Presentation] 小型移動ロボットとの遊びがラットにもたらす効果の検討 (2016)
  • Author(s): 石井裕之，田中克明，石青，高西淳夫
  • Organizer: 第34回日本ロボット学会学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 山形
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-07
• [Presentation] A mobile robot plays with a rat (2016)
  • Author(s): Hiroyuki Ishii, Qing Shi, Yusuke Sugahara, Katsuaki Tanaka, Hikaru Sugita, Satoshi Okabayashi, Atsuo Takanishi, A mobile robot plays with a rat, Proceeding of 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, August 2016.
  • Organizer: 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
  • Place of Presentation: Florida
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-16
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Remarks]