Improvement of user familiarity using robot avatar for the daily life support robot

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870723
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Design science; Intelligent robotics
• Research Institution: Osaka Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Hiroi Yutaka 大阪工業大学, 工学部, 准教授 (80405927)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ヒューマン・ロボットインタラクション / ロボットデザイン / 拡張現実感 / 動作予告 / ロボットアバタ / 移動ロボット / ロボカップ＠ホーム / 生活支援ロボット

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, I developed psychological threat reduction method and user friendly robots. First, I evaluated the appearance of a small robot (robot avatar) mounted on a mobile robot using the augmented reality (AR). Then I asked the participants to evaluate visibility, friendliness and reliability of the robot avatar. Combination of various body color, eye color and three kinds of robot size were prepared for comparison. As a result, the preferred color combination was black body with yellow eyes, and the smallest robot was most preferred. Finally, I developed preliminary announcement methods for a daily-life-support robot using a robot avatar, and conducted evaluation experiments.

Free Research Field

ヒューマン・ロボットインタラクション