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A Robot that Tells You It is Watching You with Its Eyes

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Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Techniques and Novel Applications (HCII 2021)

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Abstract

The eyes play important roles in human communication. In this study, a robot tells a user it is watching her/him in a shopping scenario . First, we conducted experiments to determine the parameters of the eyes on the screen of the robot . Next, we conducted a scenario experiment, assuming a shopping scene, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the eye-based interaction compared to common push-type interaction. The results showed that the robot achieved modest and casual interaction in a shopping scene.

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Acknowledgment

We wish to thank the cooperation of Ryutaro Azuma and Ryosuke Ikeda who graduated from the School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 20H04096.

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  1. Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan

    Saizo Aoyagi & Michiya Yamamoto

  2. School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan

    Saizo Aoyagi

  3. Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University, Suita, Japan

    Yoshihiro Sejima

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Aoyagi, S., Sejima, Y., Yamamoto, M. (2021). A Robot that Tells You It is Watching You with Its Eyes. In: Kurosu, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Techniques and Novel Applications. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12763. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78465-2_15

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