社会的コンテキストを考慮したヒューマノイドロボットの外観デザイン設計と行動生成法

2015 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 14F04784
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: 高西 淳夫 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (50179462)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TROVATO GABRIELE 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 外国人特別研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-25 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: Social Robotics / Hugging interaction / Machine learning / Design / Culture-aware Robotics / Content generation / Uncanny Valley

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

In this 1st academical year (from 4/2015 to 3/2016), the following main things were done:
1- Writing and publishing papers (2 journals, 6 conferences)
2- Participating in the development of the robot KOBIAN (head, hand) for the year 2015
3- Visit to Aalborg University (Denmark) and to Osaka University for collaborations
4- Italy-Japan Workshop hosting in Waseda

Current Status of Research Progress

1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.

Reason

Approximately half of the topics of the original plan have been researched and published.
In this academic year, 2 journal and 6 conference papers were published containing the name "JSPS" in the acknowledgements.
Additionally, new ideas stimulated during research activities in 2015 prompted the planning of new experiments to be run in 2016.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

During 2016, the original plan of research will be integrated with the experience made in 2015 and completed. In this broad scope, the main focus will be on:
1- Uncanny Valley
2- Physical interaction (hugging)
3- Robot design for security, for guidance and for assistance

Remarks

高西研ホームページ：http://www.takanishi.mech.waseda.ac.jp/
Trovato Gabrieleの出版リスト：http://rhye.civfanatics.net/gabu/publications.php

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Application of the Naive Bayes classifier for representation and use of heterogeneous and incomplete knowledge in Social Robotics (2016)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, G. Chrupaｔa, and A. Takanishi
  • Journal Title: Robotics Volume: 5(1) Pages: 6(1-21)
  • DOI: 10.3390/robotics5010006
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] A novel greeting selection system for a culture-adaptive humanoid robot (2015)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, M. Zecca, M. Do, O. Terlemez, M. Kuramochi, A. Waibel, T. Asfour, and A. Takanishi
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems Volume: 12(34) Pages: 1-13
  • DOI: 10.5772/60117
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] The Importance of Being Familiar: designing robots for HRI in different countries (2015)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato
  • Organizer: Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Place of Presentation: Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-15 – 2015-12-15
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] What does that flashing light mean? Design choices for a robotic head prototype (2015)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, S. Mitchell, K. Hashimoto, and A. Takanishi
  • Organizer: International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-05 – 2015-12-08
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Investigating the effect of relative cultural distance on the acceptance of robots (2015)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, J. R. C. Ham, K. Hashimoto, H. Ishii and A. Takanishi
  • Organizer: International Conference on Social Robotics
  • Place of Presentation: Paris, France
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-26 – 2015-10-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Study on adaptation of robot communication strategies in changing situations (2015)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, J. Galeazzi, E. Torta, J. R. C. Ham and R. H. Cuijpers
  • Organizer: International Conference on Social Robotics
  • Place of Presentation: Paris, France
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-26 – 2015-10-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] G. Trovato, J. G. Ramos, H, Azevedo, A. Moroni, S. Magossi, H. Ishii, R. Simmons and A. Takanishi (2015)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, J. G. Ramos, H, Azevedo, A. Moroni, S. Magossi, H. Ishii, R. Simmons and A. Takanishi
  • Organizer: RO-MAN 2015
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-31 – 2015-09-04
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Culture closeness and suspension of disbelief: two keys to achieve long.term interaction with robots (2015)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato
  • Organizer: RO-MAN 2015 workshop "From Temporal Interactions to Sustainable Relationships-Engineering, Psychological and Philosophical approaches"
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-31 – 2015-09-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] "Olá, my name is Ana": a study on Brazilians interacting with a receptionist robot (2015)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, J. G. Ramos, H, Azevedo, A. Moroni, S. Magossi, H. Ishii, R. Simmons and A. Takanishi
  • Organizer: International Conference on Advanced Robotics
  • Place of Presentation: Istanbul, Turkey
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-27 – 2015-07-31
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Procedurally Generated History: building a game ecosystem through autoplay (2015)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, S. Johnson, and P. Spronck
  • Organizer: Foundation of Digital Games
  • Place of Presentation: Pacific Grove, USA
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-20 – 2015-06-22
  • Int'l Joint Research