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We conducted a pilot experiment to examine the potential of a communication robot for supporting verbal interaction among adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their caregivers. Three teenagers with ASD indirectly conversed with their teacher via a desktop humanoid robot for around 40 min on average per day. In this situation, they showed some positive tendencies such as non-echolalic...
As the presence of robots in everyday life becomes more common, it is expected that interactions between humans and robots will include the modality of touch. To date, however, little research has been conducted on tactile interactions between humans and anthropomorphic robots. This study investigates human induced tactile interaction with an android robot. To facilitate data analysis, existing touch...
This paper presents a basic study on feasibility of usage of humanoid robots as an evaluator of assistive devices, by taking advantage of its anthropomorphic shape. In this new application humanoid are expected to help evaluation through quantitative measures, which is difficult with human subjects, and also to reduce the burden coming from ethical concerns with costly tests by human subjects. Taking...
Personal space is the area surrounding individuals into which intrusion by others causes discomfort and strangeness. We found that when other people approach a highly human-like android robot which is operated in synchronization with human motion, the operator sometimes feels as if he/she is approached. Based on this observation, we hypothesized that the personal space of the operator could also be...
In this paper, we report an android robot system to support medical and welfare fields using communication, and a demonstration experiment using this system at a pain clinic. An android which consist of the system is Actroid-F very similar to real female and can exhibit various facial expressions such as smile, anger and surprise. Since the android and an air-servo control system are light, compact...
Intelligent robots will make a chance for us to use a computer in our daily life. We implemented a humanoid robot for the computerized university guidance at first and then some capabilities for the natural interaction are added. This paper describes the hardware and software system of this humanoid with interaction ability. HRP-2 sitting opposite to a user across a table can detect gaze direction,...
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