Interactive Humanoid Robots for a Science Museum

Authors:
Masahiro Shiomi;Takayuki Kanda;Hiroshi Ishiguro;Norihiro Hagita
Affiliations:
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International-Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories;Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International-Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories;Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International-Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories;Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International-Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories
Venue:
IEEE Intelligent Systems
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This article reports on a field trial with four interactive humanoid robots at a science museum where visitors are encouraged tostudy and develop an interest in science. Participating visitors wore RFID tags touring the museum's exhibits. The trial system usedinformation obtained from the RFID tags to direct the robots' autonomous interactions with the visitors. The interactions includedgestures and utterances resembling the free play of children. The robots also guided visitors around several exhibits and explained theexhibits on the basis of sensor information. Visitors gave the robots good evaluations during a two-month trial. Another experimentduring the field trial compared in detail effects of exhibit-guiding and free-play interaction under three operating conditions. Theresults revealed that the combination of free-play interaction and exhibit-guiding positively affected visitors' experiences at thescience museum. This article is part of a special issue on Interacting with Autonomy.