Title :
Tabulation and analysis of questionnaire results of subjective evaluation of seal robot at Science Museum in London
Author :
Shibata, Takanori ; Wada, Kazuyoshi ; Tanie, Kazuo
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes research on mental commit robot that seeks a different direction from industrial robot, and that is not so rigidly dependent on objective measures such as accuracy and speed. The main goal of this research is to explore a new area in robotics, with an emphasis on human-robot interaction. In the previous research, we categorized robots into four categories in terms of appearance. Then, we introduced a cat robot and a seal robot, and evaluated them by interviewing many people. The results showed that physical interaction improved subjective evaluation. Moreover, a priori knowledge of a subject has much influence into subjective interpretation and evaluation of mental commit robot. In this paper, 440 subjects evaluated the seal robot, Paro by questionnaires in an exhibition at the Science Museum in London, U.K. This paper reports the results of statistical analysis of evaluation data.
Keywords :
man-machine systems; robots; social aspects of automation; statistical analysis; cat robot; human-robot interaction; industrial robot; mental commit robot; seal robot; sensor systems; statistical analysis; subjective evaluation; Heart; Human robot interaction; Pediatrics; Robot sensing systems; Seals; Senior citizens; Service robots; Statistical analysis; Symbiosis; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2002. Proceedings. 11th IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7545-9
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2002.1045592