DocumentCode :
2342752
Title :
Artificial emotional creature for human-robot interaction-a new direction for intelligent systems
Author :
Shibata, T. ; Irie, R.
Author_Institution :
Artificial Intelligence Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear :
1997
fDate :
20-20 June 1997
Firstpage :
47
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Recent advances in robotics have been applied to automation in industrial manufacturing, with the primary purpose of optimizing practical systems in terms of such objective measures as accuracy, speed, and cost. This paper introduces the Artificial Emotional Creature project that seeks to explore a different direction that is not so rigidly dependent on such objective measures. The goal of this project is to explore a new area in robotics, with an emphasis on human-robot interaction. There is a large body of evidence that shows the importance of the interaction between humans and animals such as pets. We have been building a pet robot, as an implementation of an artificial emotional creature, with the subjective appearance of "behaviors" that are dependent on internal states, or "emotions", as well as external stimuli from both the physical environment and human beings. Human-robot interaction plays a large role. The pet robot has visual, audio, and tactile sensors. Olfactory sensors will also be available. The paper will describe an algorithm implementing a focus of attention through the integration of those sensors. In particular, object localization has been developed through the integration of vision and audition, using the interaction of a human being with the robot as the training reference.
Keywords :
intelligent control; interactive systems; mobile robots; sensor fusion; Artificial Emotional Creature; audio sensors; human-robot interaction; intelligent systems; olfactory sensors; pet robot; tactile sensors; visual sensors; Animals; Cost function; Human robot interaction; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing industries; Positron emission tomography; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Service robots; Velocity measurement;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics '97. Final Program and Abstracts., IEEE/ASME International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4080-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/AIM.1997.652906
Filename :
652906
Link To Document :
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