EAGER: Cultural models in social robotics - Comparative studies with users in the US and Japan

EAGER：社交机器人中的文化模型 - 与美国和日本用户的比较研究

• 批准号: 1143712
• 负责人: Selma Sabanovic
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1143712&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Cultural; models; social; robotics

This project performs comparative research in the United States and Japan on cultural models of social behavior and technology that influence how users perceive, make sense of, and interact with social robots. Social robots are designed to engage and communicate with people using socially appropriate behaviors, cues, norms, and roles. We (1) develop a comparative framework to study how users of social robots understand, apply, and react to cultural models of sociality and technology, as expressed in the material and discursive framing of robots, in the US and Japan, and (2) establish the foundation for long-term research collaboration on cross-cultural studies of robotics between Dr. Selma Sabanovic at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), Dr. Takanori Shibata at the National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba, and Dr. Kazuyoshi Wada at Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) in Japan.The project produces guidelines for best practices for using social robots in the US and Japan; this is particularly timely for Paro, which is commercially available in both countries. We also strengthen existing and build new collaborations with individuals and institutions in Japan. The project impacts education through the exchange of students and month-long internships and provides educational experiences for a broader audience, including other students, users, and relevant stakeholders through open houses and presentations by participating institutions.

该项目在美国和日本对影响用户如何感知、理解和与社交机器人互动的社会行为和技术的文化模型进行比较研究。社交机器人的设计目的是通过适当的社交行为、线索、规范和角色与人交流。我们(1)开发一个比较框架来研究社交机器人的用户如何理解、应用和反应社会性和技术的文化模型，正如机器人的材料和话语框架所表达的那样，在美国和日本；(2)为印第安纳大学布卢明顿分校（IUB）的塞尔玛·萨巴诺维奇博士之间的机器人跨文化研究长期研究合作奠定基础；筑波国家先进工业科学技术研究所（AIST）的Takanori Shibata博士和日本东京都大学（TMU）的Kazuyoshi Wada博士。该项目制定了在美国和日本使用社交机器人的最佳实践指南；这对于在这两个国家都可以买到的Paro来说尤其及时。我们还加强与日本个人和机构的现有合作，并建立新的合作关系。该项目通过交换学生和为期一个月的实习来影响教育，并通过开放日和参与机构的演讲为更广泛的受众提供教育体验，包括其他学生、用户和相关利益相关者。