Group attention control for communication robots with wizard of OZ approach

Authors:
Masahiro Shiomi;Takayuki Kanda;Satoshi Koizumi;Hiroshi Ishiguro;Norihiro Hagita
Affiliations:
ATR IRC Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan and Osaka University, Osaka, Japan;ATR IRC Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan;ATR IRC Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan and Osaka University, Osaka, Japan;ATR IRC Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan and Osaka University, Osaka, Japan;ATR IRC Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
Venue:
Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This paper describes a group attention control (GAC) system that enables a communication robot to simultaneously interact with many people. GAC is based on controlling social situations and indicating explicit control to unify all purposes of attention. We implemented a semi-autonomous GAC system into a communication robot that guides visitors to exhibits in a science museum and engages in free-play interactions with them. The GAC system's effectiveness was demonstrated in a two-week experiment in the museum. We believe these results will allow us to develope interactive humanoid robots that can interact effectively with groups of people.