2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a humanoid robot motion teaching system based on the interpretation of tactile instructions
| Project/Area Number |
26880014
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent robotics
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | Humanoids / Touch / Human Robot Interaction |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In the near future, robots are expected to become an integrant part of the society. Among robots, humanoids present, thanks to their human-like shape, are expected to assume growing importance thanks their capability of using tools and infrastructures already available for humans. Furthermore, their similarity with humans allows people to better understand the conditions, characteristics and limitations of the robot. In such a scenario, general users with no particular expertise in robotics will need to be able to teach motions to humanoid robots.
When humans teach movements to other humans, they often use touch to convey a lot of information in an intuitive way. This can be observed, for instance, in the case of sport coaches or dance instructors. In this research, in order to enable teaching humanoids in a similar way, the way in which humanoids should react when being touched was clarified.
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| Free Research Field |
Robotics
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