Designing of Embodied Technologies based on multicultural ethnography of verbal and visual interaction

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23252001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: Saitama University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAZAKI Keiichi 埼玉大学, 教養学部, 教授 (80191261)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMAZAKI Akiko 東京工科大学, メディア学部, 准教授 (00325896) ; KUNO Yoshinori 埼玉大学, 理工学研究科, 教授 (10252595) ; IKEDA Keiko 関西大学, 国際部 (90447847) ; IMAI Michita 慶應義塾大学, 理工学, 教授 (60348828) ; ONO Tetsuo 北海道大学, 情報科学研究科, 教授 (40343389) ; IGARASHI Motoko 北海学園大学, 法学部, 准教授 (70413292) ; KASHIMURA Shiro 神戸大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (40114433) ; KOBAYASHI Ako 埼玉大学, 教養学部, 教授 (90225491) ; SEKI Yukiko 埼玉大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (30342687) ; MORIMOTO Ikuyo 関西学院大学, 法学部, 教授 (40434881) ; BURDELSKI Matthew 大阪大学, 大学院文学研究科, 准教授 (80625020) ; KAWASHIMA Michie 関西外国語大学, 短期大学部, 講師 (00706822) ; NAKANISHI Hideyuki 大阪大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (70335206)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: エスノメソドロジー / 会話分析 / 相互行為 / 多文化エスノグラフィー / ヒューマンロボットインタラクション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our research project was conducted collaboratively by sociologists and robot engineers. We have investigated how humans interact with each other through verbal and non-verbal actions. Based on these findings, we have designed embodied technologies in a robot that facilitate human interaction. In order to develop such technologies in cross-cultural settings, we conducted video ethnographies of interactions among visitors at various museums in different countries. We then analyzed these video recorded data by applying ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. The project team has also conducted several experiments with robots in cross-cultural settings. We have done comparative analysis between Japanese speaker groups and English speaker groups. During the research period, we also conducted another experiment using a mobile avatar robot, TEROOS. We conducted experiments in order to establish remote collaborative communication between people in Hawaii and in Japan.

Free Research Field

社会学