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Most of robotic systems introduce a directionless neighborhood area, such as a circle or sphere, for robot communication and interaction because it reflects a natural property of some physical sensors and devices. On the other hand, it has reported that some of natural birds employ directional neighborhood for neighbor observation. In this paper, we introduce the directional neighbor to a robotic...
In the past two decades, under the double impact of the increasing numbers of universities and the falling birth rate, the enrollment drops have struck many universities. Plus, the lower birth rate results in the impact of universities' enrollment shortfall. Based on the questions above, the paper proposes the method to find the reasons of the main impact factor. First, we collect the factors of total...
The worldwide prevalence of obesity is considered as a serious issue because obesity is one of the main causes of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Obesity is associated with various habits of our daily life, e.g. short sleep duration, high alcohol intake, and nonparticipation in physical exercise. Therefore, changing these habits in order to reduce body weight is recognized as an effective solution...
Speech dialogue systems, such as Apple's “Siri,” have gradually become more widespread, and in the near future, a greater number of general users will have the opportunity to communicate with such systems. To facilitate this, it is necessary for the system to communicate more naturally with users, and to realize that both verbal and nonverbal information must be taken into consideration. Therefore,...
To investigate relation between synchronization of nonverbal behavior and degree of understanding, we examined a task-oriented communication. The task consisted of an explanation from a lecturer to a student. As a nonverbal behavior, head movement was measured using an accelerometer. Degree of understanding was subjectively evaluated by the student for each section of the explanation. As a result,...
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