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Conceptual Design and Basic Experiments of a Portable Robot

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Yoshikazu Mori,

Yuri KumaharaAuthors Info & Claims

HAI '18: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction

Pages 318 - 320

https://doi.org/10.1145/3284432.3287172

Published: 04 December 2018 Publication History

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We propose a portable robot "TechTech" that inspires elderly people to walk for their healthy condition. Human-robot interaction is important for building a good relationship between a human and a robot. TechTech talks to elderly people based on data from various sensors: TechTech can judge weather and indoor-outdoor environments. It can also count steps. We took a stochastic approach to determine the robot actions. The robot can produce preferable impressions such as "interesting," "friendly," and "satisfactory." Experimental results demonstrate that elderly people prefer long intervals in conversations and affirmative responses.

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HAI '18: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction

December 2018

402 pages

ISBN:9781450359535

DOI:10.1145/3284432

General Chairs:
Michita Imai
Keio University, Japan
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Tim Norman
University of Southampton, UK
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Program Chairs:
Elizabeth Sklar
King's College London, UK
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Takanori Komatsu
Meiji University, Japan

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