Development and Evaluation of Conversation Robots that Support Informal Communications between Humans

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26330233
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human interface and interaction
• Research Institution: Tokyo Denki University
• Principal Investigator: MUKAWA Naoki 東京電機大学, 情報環境学部, 教授 (20366397)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: コミュニケーション支援システム / インタラクションモデル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the research is to design robots that supports humans who are often reserved in communication scenes. In particular, we focus on awkward silent scenes in conversation between participants at their first meeting, and self-disclosure scenes during eating between friends. We analyzed behaviors of gaze, orientations of faces, facial expressions, and their movements during the conversations. From analysis results, we found human behavior models for the conversation scenes, and proposed design guidelines for robot behaviors that support conversations of participants. We conducted experiments where a robot activates conversations between humans by behaviors of robot. Experiments clarified the effects by analyzing user's behaviors and their impression evaluations.

Free Research Field

ヒューマンインタラクション