Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 28(1) 107-108 2016年 [査読有り]
We developed robovie-mR2, a desktop-sized communication robot, in which we incorporated a “Kawaii” design to create a familiar appearance because it is an important acceptance factor for both researchers and users. It can interact with people usin...
International Journal of Social Robotics 9(1) 5-15 2016年 [査読有り]
The paper investigated the effects on a person being touched by a robot to motivate her. Human science literature has shown that touches to others facilitate efforts of touched people. On the other hand, in the human--robot interaction research fi...
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH ACM/IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTIONS (HRI 2011) pp.465-472 465-472 2011年
This paper presents the effect of a robot's active touch for improving people's motivation. For services in the education and healthcare fields, a robot might be useful for improving the motivation of performing such repetitive and monotonous task...
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