Humanoid Robots as a Broadcasting Communication Medium in Open Public Spaces

doi:10.1007/s12369-009-0015-5

Humanoid Robots as a Broadcasting Communication Medium in Open Public Spaces

by Daisuke Sakamoto, Kotaro Hayashi, Takayuki Kanda, Masahiro Shiomi, Satoshi Koizumi, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Tsukasa Ogasawara, Norihiro Hagita

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International Journal of Social Robotics (2009)

Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Pages: 157-169

ISSN: 18754791
DOI: 10.1007/s12369-009-0015-5

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Abstract

This paper reports a method that uses humanoid robots as a communication medium. Even though many interactive robots are being developed, their interactivity remains much poorer than that of humans due to their limited perception abilities. In our approach, the role of interactive robots is limited to a broadcasting medium for exploring the best way to attract peoples interest to information provided by robots. We propose using robots as a passive social medium, in which they behave as if they are talking together. We conducted an eight-day field experiment at a train station to investigate the effects of such a passive social medium.