A small biped entertainment robot exploring human-robot interactive applications

Kuroki, Yoshio; Fukushima, Tetsuharu; Nagasaka, Ken; Moridaira, T.; Doi, Toshi T.; Yamaguchi, J.

doi:10.1109/roman.2003.1251862

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“…Children of this age were chosen because they have no preconceived notions of robots, and they helped us focus on primal forms of social interaction that are less dependent on speech. QRIO is a 23-inch-tall humanoid robot prototype built in Japan as the result of a long and costly research and development effort (18,19). The robot displays an impressive array of mechanical and computational skills, yet its ability to interact with humans for prolonged periods of time had not been tested.…”

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Socialization between toddlers and robots at an early childhood education center

Tanaka

Cicourel

Movellan

2007

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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A state-of-the-art social robot was immersed in a classroom of toddlers for >5 months. The quality of the interaction between children and robots improved steadily for 27 sessions, quickly deteriorated for 15 sessions when the robot was reprogrammed to behave in a predictable manner, and improved in the last three sessions when the robot displayed again its full behavioral repertoire. Initially, the children treated the robot very differently than the way they treated each other. By the last sessions, 5 months later, they treated the robot as a peer rather than as a toy. Results indicate that current robot technology is surprisingly close to achieving autonomous bonding and socialization with human toddlers for sustained periods of time and that it could have great potential in educational settings assisting teachers and enriching the classroom environment.human-robot interaction ͉ social development ͉ social robotics

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Socialization between toddlers and robots at an early childhood education center

Tanaka

Cicourel

Movellan

2007

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Contact sensors on the robot body perform pinch detection at all major joints like the armpit and back of the knee on the entertainment robot SDR-4X II (QRIO) [36]. In an earlier version of Shibata and colleagues' seal robot Paro, contact sensors are placed at the ends of 2 whiskers, and 10 pressure sensors within balloons beneath artificial fur are able to detect pushing, patting and stroking [37].…”

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“…The small entertainment humanoid SDR-4X II performs pinch detection at major joints to avoid trapping or injuring the detected (possibly human) object. This robot also detects being lifted via a touch sensor on the back handle and force sensors in the feet, and in response makes the joints in its arms and legs compliant, for easier and safer handling by a human [36].…”

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A survey of Tactile Human–Robot Interactions

Argall

Billard

2010

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

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a b s t r a c tRobots come into physical contact with humans in both experimental and operational settings. Many potential factors motivate the detection of human contact, ranging from safe robot operation around humans, to robot behaviors that depend on human guidance. This article presents a review of current research within the field of Tactile Human-Robot Interactions (Tactile HRI), where physical contact from a human is detected by a robot during the execution or development of robot behaviors. Approaches are presented from two viewpoints: the types of physical interactions that occur between the human and robot, and the types of sensors used to detect these interactions. We contribute a structure for the categorization of Tactile HRI research within each viewpoint. Tactile sensing techniques are grouped into three categories, according to what covers the sensors: (i) a hard shell, (ii) a flexible substrate or (iii) no covering. Three categories of physical HRI likewise are identified, consisting of contact that (i) interferes with robot behavior execution, (ii) contributes to behavior execution and (iii) contributes to behavior development. We populate each category with the current literature, and furthermore identify the stateof-the-art within categories and promising areas for future research.

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“…QRIO: A SMALL BIPED ENTERTAINMENT ROBOT QRIO (Fig. 1) is a small humanoid robot which has been developed by Sony for years [4][5][6]. It is a stand-alone autonomous robot with three CPUs: the first one is used for audio recognition and text-to-speech synthesis, the second one is for visual recognition, short and long term memory, and behavior control architecture, and finally the third one is used for motion controls.…”

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“…After years of research and developmental efforts, QRIO's ability spreads over very wide range: walking, running, jumping, playing soccer, throwing a ball, swinging a putter, singing songs, recognizing humans by vision and audio, making a conversation (dialogue) in many ways, learning, imitating human motions, etc [4][5][6]. One of the most powerful abilities of QRIO is in its motion generation such as dancing.…”

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Plans for Developing Real-time Dance Interaction between QRIO and Toddlers in a Classroom Environment

Tanaka

Fortenberry

Aisaka

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Proceedings. The 4nd International Conference on Development and Learning, 2005.

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Abstract-This paper introduces the early stages of a study designed to understand the development of dance interactions between QRIO and toddlers in a classroom environment. The study is part of a project to explore the potential use of interactive robots as instructional tools in education. After 3 months observation period, we are starting the experiment. After explaining the experimental environment, component technologies used in it are described: an interactive dance with visual feedback, exploiting the active detection of contingency and robotic emotion expression.Index Terms-humanoid robot, QRIO, the RUBI/QRIO project, toddlers, long-term interaction, engaging interaction, interactive dance, contingency detection

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A small biped entertainment robot exploring human-robot interactive applications

Cited by 21 publications

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Socialization between toddlers and robots at an early childhood education center

Socialization between toddlers and robots at an early childhood education center

A survey of Tactile Human–Robot Interactions

Plans for Developing Real-time Dance Interaction between QRIO and Toddlers in a Classroom Environment

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