Metamorph robot for deep study in social human robot interaction

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12124
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Kansei informatics
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Venture Gentiane 東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 卓越教授 (30538278)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 遠山 茂樹 東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (20143381)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: HRI / robot / design

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Robot acceptance（受容）is crucial in Human-Robot Interaction （HRI）. Without acceptance interaction is not possible and robots are useless. It is known that robot’s design and ability play an important role in acceptance. In this project, we propose a framework to be used in HRI study. We build a small humanoid robot which ap-pearance and ability can be changed easily. The robot consists in a skeleton driven by ultra-sonic motors, and a 3D-printed changeable skin or shell. The simple assembly of the system and its high motion ability is perfectly adequate for HRI studies, and con-tributes to develop widely accepted social robots.

Free Research Field

robotics