Human Friendly Interface with Miniature Humanoid

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H02732
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human interface and interaction
• Research Institution: Yamagata University
• Principal Investigator: Tsumaki Yuichi 山形大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 教授 (50270814)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 水戸部 和久 山形大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 教授 (50229754) ; 天野 敏之 和歌山大学, システム工学部, 教授 (60324472)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): INOUE Masashi 東北工業大学, 工学部, 准教授 (50390597)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ヒューマンインタフェース / テレプレゼンス / ヒューマノイド / ウェアラブルロボット / VR

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A human shaped robot has great possibility to be an intuitive and human friendly interface. Existence of the mirror neuron system shows the possibility. In our previous work, we have developed a wearable miniature humanoid MH-2. The purpose of this study is to establish a miniature humanoid technology to achieve presenting the "presence" and "intention" of a person. To attain the purpose, we developed a new miniature humanoid MH-3 that achieves facial expression and fingertip motion. In addition, we evaluated the communication capability of a small-sized humanoid robot that has human-like proportions.

Free Research Field

テレロボティクス