1st Edition

Human-Robot Interaction in Social Robotics

By Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro Copyright 2013
    372 Pages 241 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    372 Pages 241 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Human–Robot Interaction in Social Robotics explores important issues in designing a robot system that works with people in everyday environments. Edited by leading figures in the field of social robotics, it draws on contributions by researchers working on the Robovie project at the ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, a world leader in humanoid interactive robotics. The book brings together, in one volume, technical and empirical research that was previously scattered throughout the literature.

    Taking a networked robot approach, the book examines how robots work in cooperation with ubiquitous sensors and people over telecommunication networks. It considers the use of social robots in daily life, grounding the work in field studies conducted at a school, train station, shopping mall, and science museum. Critical in the development of network robots, these usability studies allow researchers to discover real issues that need to be solved and to understand what kinds of services are possible.

    The book tackles key areas where development is needed, namely, in sensor networks for tracking humans and robots, humanoids that can work in everyday environments, and functions for interacting with people. It introduces a sensor network developed by the authors and discusses innovations in the Robovie humanoid, including several interactive behaviors and design policies.

    Exploring how humans interact with robots in daily life settings, this book offers valuable insight into how robots may be used in the future. The combination of engineering, empirical, and field studies provides readers with rich information to guide in developing practical interactive robots.

    Introduction to Network Robot Approach for Human–Robot Interaction

    From Navigation and Manipulation to Human–Robot Introduction

    Interactive Robots

    Network Robots

    Field Tests—Observing People’s Reaction

    Introduction

    Interactive Humanoid Robots for a Science Museum
    Masahiro Shiomi, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Humanoid Robots as a Passive-Social Medium—A Field Experiment at a Train Station
    Kotaro Hayashi, Daisuke Sakamoto, Takayuki Kanda, Masahiro Shiomi, Satoshi Koizumi, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Tsukasa Ogasawara, and Norihiro Hagita

    An Affective Guide Robot in a Shopping Mall
    Takayuki Kanda, Masahiro Shiomi, Zenta Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Users’ Attitude and Expectations

    Introduction

    Is Interaction with Teleoperated Robots Less Enjoyable?
    Fumitaka Yamaoka, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Hesitancy in Interacting with Robots—Anxiety and Negative Attitudes
    Tatsuya Nomura, Takayuki Kanda, Tomohiro Suzuki, and Kensuke Kato

    Appendix—Items in the NARS [15] and RAS [16]

    Modeling Natural Behaviors for Human-Like Interaction with Robots

    Introduction

    A Model of Natural Deictic Interaction
    Osamu Sugiyama, Takayuki Kanda, Michita Imai, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    A Model of Proximic Behavior for Being Together While Sharing Attention
    Fumitaka Yamaoka, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    A Model for Natural and Comprehensive Direction Giving
    Yusuke Okuno, Takayuki Kanda, Michita Imai, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Sensing Systems: Networked Robot Approach

    Introduction

    Laser-Based Tracking of Human Position and Orientation Using Parametric Shape Modeling
    Dylan F. Glas, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Super-Flexible Skin Sensors Embedded on the Whole Body, Self-Organizing Based on Haptic Interactions
    Tomoyuki Noda, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Integrating Passive RFID tag and Person Tracking for Social Interaction in Daily Life
    Kenta Nohara, Tajika Taichi, Masahiro Shiomi, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Friendship Estimation Model for Social Robots to Understand Human Relationships
    Takayuki Kanda and Hiroshi Ishiguro

    Estimating Group States for Interactive Humanoid Robots
    Masahiro Shiomi, Kenta Nohara, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Shared Autonomy and Teleoperation

    Introduction

    A Semi-autonomous Social Robot That Asks Helps from a Human Operator
    Masahiro Shiomi, Daisuke Sakamoto, Takayuki Kanda, Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Teleoperation of Multiple Social Robots
    Dylan F. Glas, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Learning and Adaptation

    Introduction

    Moderating Users’ Tension to Enable Them to Exhibit Other Emotions
    Takayuki Kanda, Kayoko Iwase, Masahiro Shiomi, and Hiroshi Ishiguro

    Adapting Nonverbal Behavior Parameters to be Preferred by Individuals
    Noriaki Mitsunaga, Christian Smith, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Learning Pedestrians’ Behavior in a Shopping Mall
    Takayuki Kanda, Dylan F. Glas, Masahiro Shiomi, Hiroshi Ishiguro, and Norihiro Hagita

    Biography

    Takayuki Kanda is currently a senior researcher at ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan. His current research interests include intelligent robotics, human–robot interaction, and vision-based mobile robots. Dr. Kanda was named to serve as a steering committee co-chair of the ACM/IEEE international conference of human–robot interaction from 2010 to 2013.

    Hiroshi Ishiguro has been a visiting researcher at ATR Media Information Science Laboratories since 1999, where he has developed the interactive humanoid robot, Robovie. He is also a professor in the Department of Systems Innovation, Osaka University, and a group leader at ATR Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory. In 2010, he served as a general co-chair of the ACM/IEEE international conference of human–robot interaction.