A two-month field trial in an elementary school for long-term human-robot interaction
A two-month field trial in an elementary school for long-term human-robot interaction
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DOI：
10.1109/tro.2007.904904
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发表时间：
2007-10-01
影响因子：
7.8
通讯作者：
Ishiguro, Hiroshi
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作者：
Kanda, Takayuki;Sato, Rumi;Ishiguro, Hiroshi
参与我们日常生活的互动机器人应该具备与人类进行社交交流的基本能力。在本文中，我们提出了两种社会沟通能力的机制：形成长期关系和估计人与人之间的友好关系。长期关系的机制是基于行为设计的三个原则。我们开发的机器人Robovie，能够像孩子一样与孩子互动。此外，该机制是为长期互动而设计的。遵循以下三个设计原则：1)使用射频识别标签呼唤儿童的名字；2)基于一种伪发展机制来适应每个孩子的交互行为；3)向与机器人有过长时间互动的孩子倾诉自己的私事。对于友好关系的估计，机器人假设自发地作为一个群体一起行动的人是朋友。然后，通过识别机器人周围互动群体中的每个人，它估计他们之间的关系。我们在一所小学进行了为期两个月的实地试验。一个互动式人形机器人Robovie被放置在学校的一间教室里。实地试验的结果显示，机器人成功地与许多孩子持续互动了两个月，似乎已经与他们建立了友好的关系。此外，它在识别儿童之间的友谊方面表现合理。我们相信，这些结果证明了当前互动机器人在我们日常生活中与人类建立社会关系的潜力。
Interactive robots participating in our daily lives should have the fundamental ability to socially communicate with humans. In this paper, we propose a mechanism for two social communication abilities: forming long-term relationships and estimating friendly relationships among people. The mechanism for long-term relationships is based on three principles of behavior design. The robot we developed, Robovie, is able to interact with children in the same way as children do. Moreover, the mechanism is designed for long-term interaction. along the following three design principles: 1) it calls children by name using radio frequency identification tags; 2) it adapts its interactive behaviors for each child based on a pseudo development mechanism; and 3) it confides its personal matters to the children who have interacted with the robot for an extended period of time. Regarding the estima- tion of friendly relationships, the robot assumes that people who spontaneously behave as a group together are friends. Then, by identifying each person in the interacting group around the robot, it estimates the relationships between them. We conducted a two-month field trial at an elementary school. An interactive humanoid robot, Robovie, was placed in a classroom at the school. The results of the field trial revealed that the robot successfully continued interacting with many children for two months, and seemed to have established friendly relationships with them. In addition, it demonstrated reasonable performance in identifying friendships among children. We believe that these results demonstrate the potential of current interactive robots to establish social relationships with humans in our daily lives.