2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Sociological and Technological Research on Remote Collaboration
| Project/Area Number |
12410047
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
社会学(含社会福祉関係)
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| Research Institution | FUTURE UNIVERSITY -HAKODATE (2001-2002)
Saitama University (2000) |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAZAKI Akiko Future University-Hakodate, School of Systems Information Science, Assistant Professor, システム情報科学部, 講師 (00325896)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IKEYA Nozomi Toyo University, Faculty of Sociology, Associate Professor, 社会学部, 助教授 (10297723)
KUZUOKA Hideaki University of Tsukuba, Institute of Engineering Mechanics and Systems, Associate Professor, 機能工学系, 助教授 (10241796)
YAMAZAKI Keiichi Saitama University, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Professor, 教養学部, 教授 (80191261)
IDA Yasuko (SUGA Yasuko) Saitama University .Faculty of Liberal Arts, Associate Professor, 教養学部, 助教授 (20312910)
UCHIKI Tetsuya Saitama University .Faculty of Liberal Arts, Associate Professor, 教養学部, 助教授 (70223550)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2002
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| Keywords | body posture / orientation / hand gesture / mutual observation / bodily movement / CSCW / ethnomethodology / human-robot interaction |
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| Research Abstract |
This research has looked at human interface and actually designed some systems, named GestureMan and Agora etc. We have examined the GestureMan system in the science museum and analyzed human-robot interaction from a sociological point of view.
There are five keywords in this research : body posture, orientation, hand gesture, mutual observation, and bodily movement. We have developed a system considering these five keywords, and developed a robot which gives guidance to the visitor about the exhibits in the museum. We have found from the experiments that pointing gesture and the robot's head movement, laser spotting are all effectively used by the visitors in understanding the robot's guidance. By using a robot, we could confirm that varied gestures and mutual monitoring are important resources for communication.
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