A behavior adaptation method for an elderly companion robot: Rui

Authors:
Yong Tao;Tianmiao Wang;Hongxing Wei;Peijiang Yuan
Affiliations:
School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China;School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China;School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China;School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China
Venue:
ICSR'10 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Social robotics
Year:
2010

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Abstract

This paper describes the state-of-the art of an elderly companion robot project, aimed towards the development of personal service robots for the elderly population. We propose a behavior adaptation method that reads interaction signals from the old people, and then adjust interaction output such as daily dialogues, news and whether broadcasting, motion speed and navigation-assist. The method uses detecting the user's speech command, touch-screen input, head position and body posture as subconscious signals that indicate a user's interaction preference. A study with the elderly companion robot that has six interaction behaviors has been conducted. The study result of 8 subjects preliminary suggests that the proposed mechanism enables adaptation to individual preferences.