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

2016 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 Robotic / HRI / Machine learning / Design / Culture-aware Robotics

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

In the period from 4/2016 to 12/2016, the following main things were done:
1- Writing and publishing papers (2 journals, 5 conferences)　2- Developing of the new robot "Daruma", based on the study on acceptable design for Japanese society and in particular for elderly people　3- Visit to University of Sao Paolo (Brazil) and UNAM (Mexico) for collaborations and invited lectures　4- Experiment with a robot for security in collaboration with Pontifical Catholic University of Peru　5- Organization of Italy-Japan Workshop 2016, hosted in Waseda, including the coordination of the exhibition of the saxophonist robot

Research Progress Status

28年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

28年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Research Products

• [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 Pages: 3
  • DOI: 10.1515/pjbr-2017-0001
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Emotional Affordances for HRI (2016)
  • Author(s): J. Vallverdu and G. Trovato
  • Journal Title: Adaptive Behavior, special issue on Grounding Emotions in Robots Volume: 24 Pages: 320-334
  • DOI: 10.1177/1059712316668238
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Is hugging a robot weird? Investigating the influence of robot appearance on users' perception of hugging (2016)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, M. O.Terlemez, C. Mandery, H. Ishii, N. Berthouze, T. Asfour, and A. Takanishi
  • Organizer: 2016 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots,
  • Place of Presentation: Cancun, Mexico
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-15 – 2016-11-17
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Introducing ‘theomorphic robots’ (2016)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato, F. Cuellar, and M. Nishimura
  • Organizer: 2016 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots,
  • Place of Presentation: Cancun, Mexico
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-15 – 2016-11-17
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Introducing IOmi - A Humanoid Robot Hostess working in a University Environment (2016)
  • Author(s): E. Onchi, C. Lucho, M. Siguenza, G. Trovato, and F. Cuellar
  • Organizer: International Conference on Social Robotics
  • Place of Presentation: Kansas City, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-01 – 2016-11-03
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Expressive humanoid robot for automatic accompaniment (2016)
  • Author(s): G. Xia, M. Kawai, K. Matsuki, M. Fu, S. Cosentino, G. Trovato, R. Dannenberg, S.Sessa and A. Takanishi
  • Organizer: The 13th Sound and Music Computing Conference and Summer School (SMC 2016)
  • Place of Presentation: Hamburg, Germany
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-09 – 2016-10-12
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] IOmi: A Humanoid Robot Hostess made through an Industrial Design Methodology" (extended abstract) (2016)
  • Author(s): E. Onchi, C. Lucho, M. Siguenza, G. Trovato, and F. Cuellar
  • Organizer: The 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2016)
  • Place of Presentation: New York City, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-26 – 2016-08-31
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Videogames and robots as tools for teaching history (2016)
  • Author(s): G. Trovato
  • Organizer: Teacher Tinker Technology Bootcamp: Use EdTech to Build a 21st Century Classroom
  • Place of Presentation: New York City, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-26
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited