2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study for the role of ambiguous emotional expression in communication with a robot
| Project/Area Number |
21830111
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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 |
Social welfare and social work studies
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| Research Institution | Tamagawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKAHASHI Hideyuki Tamagawa University, 脳科学研究所, グローバルCOE研究員 (30535084)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | コミュニケーション / ジェスチャー / ロボット / 曖昧さ / 顔表情 |
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| Research Abstract |
Communication is a basis of social ability in human. It is an exchange of information among multiple entities, and within this, ambiguity has been thought to be unnecessary for communication. This study proposed a hypothesis that ambiguity is included in interpersonal communication and that it plays a critical
role, not only in one-to-one relationship
but also in a large scale social group. In order to test this hypothesis, we conducted simulation studies and behavioral experiments with a robot. For the achievement of this study, we developed a behavioral experiment system with a communication robot. With this experimental system, we could show several
findings about the role of ambiguity in an interpersonal communication. For example we showed that ambiguous facial expression
enhances smoothness of an interpersonal communication. Further, we also showed that latency of participant's gaze following to face direction change of a robot strongly reflect a participant's recognition to the robot.
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Research Products
(11 results)
