Attractive, Informative, and Communicative Robot System on Guide Plate as an Attendant with Awareness of User’s Gaze

Paladyn: Journal of Behavioral Robotics

Utsumi Akira¹  Abe Shinji²  Yonezawa Tomoko³  Yamazoe Hirotake⁴ 

[1] ATR IRC, 2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika, Soraku, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan;Hiroshima Institute of Technology, 2-1-1 Miyake, Saeki, Hiroshima 731-5193, Japan;Kansai University, 2-1-1 Ryozenji, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1095, Japan;Osaka University, 1-31 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan;

关键词: gaze-correspondence;    anthropomorphic media;    stuffed-toy robot;    gazing behaviors;    gaze-tracking;   

DOI  :  10.2478/pjbr-2013-0008

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this paper, we introduce an interactive guide plate system by adopting a gaze-communicative stuffed-toy robot and a gaze-interactive display board. An attached stuffed-toy robot on the system naturally show anthropomorphic guidance corresponding to the user’s gaze orientation. The guidance is presented through gaze-communicative behaviors of the stuffed-toy robot using joint attention and eye-contact reactions to virtually express its own mind in conjunction with b) vocal guidance and c) projection on the guide plate. We adopted our image-based remote gaze-tracking method to detect the user’s gazing orientation. The results from both empirical studies by subjective / objective evaluations and observations of our demonstration experiments in a semipublic space show i) the total operation of the system, ii) the elicitation of user’s interest by gaze behaviors of the robot, and iii) the effectiveness of the gaze-communicative guide adopting the anthropomorphic robot.

【 授权许可】

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