2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Kansei Estimation for Communication Ability of Non-verbal Information by Real-Appearance Face Robot
| Project/Area Number |
17500151
|
|---|
| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
|
| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
|---|
| Section | 一般 |
|---|
| Research Field |
Sensitivity informatics/Soft computing
|
|---|
| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Science |
|---|
Principal Investigator |
KOBAYASHI Hiroshi Tokyo University of Science, Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Associate Professor, 工学部, 准教授 (20281412)
|
|---|
| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
|
| Keywords | Information system / Biological engineering / Intelligent robotics / Cognitive Science / User interface |
|---|
| Research Abstract |
Some robots with a human-like appearance have been developed recently, which are called android robot. The purpose of android robots is to realize realistic communication between human and robot by implementation of human-like behaviors. Then knowledge and techniques for generating human-like natural motions and behaviors with android robots are required. In face-to-face communication, we can observe that the speaker nods during his utterance, and we call this behavior "Speaker's nod". Thus, in this study, we tried to realize realistic "Speaker's nod" as a natural interpersonal behavior with receptionist robot SAYA that has human-like appearance. Therefore we experimentally investigated expression-timings, angle and angular velocity of the human "Speaker's nod", and we implemented "Speaker's nod" to SAYA based on the investigation results. Then we have verified that implemented "Speaker's nod" affected the humanity of SAYA, and it greatly enhanced emotional impression of human by subjective experiment.
|
