Reconfiguring spatial formation arrangement by robot body orientation

  • Authors:
  • Hideaki Kuzuoka;Yuya Suzuki;Jun Yamashita;Keiichi Yamazaki

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;Saitama University, Sakura-ku, Saitama, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

An information-presenting robot is expected to establish an appropriate spatial relationship with people. Drawing upon sociological studies of spatial relationships involving "F-formation" and "body torque," we examined the effect of a robot rotating its body on the reconfiguration of the F-formation arrangement. The results showed that a robot can change the position of a visitor by rotating its body. We also confirmed that to reconfigure the F-formation arrangement, it is more effective to rotate the whole body of the robot than only its head.