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924Telenoid android robot as an embodied perceptual social regulation medium engaging natural human–humanoid interactionRobotics and Autonomous System 62 1329-1341. 2014.The present paper aims to validate our research on human–humanoid interaction (HHI) using the minimalist humanoid robot Telenoid. We conducted the human–robot interaction test with 142 young people who had no prior interaction experience with this robot. The main goal is the analysis of the two social dimensions (‘‘Perception’’ and ‘‘Believability’’) useful for increasing the natural behaviour between users and Telenoid.Weadministered our custom questionnaire to human subjects in association wit…Read more
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122A Robot Is Not Worth Another: Exploring Children’s Mental State Attribution to Different Humanoid RobotsFrontiers in Psychology 11. 2020.
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117Studying laughter in combination with two humanoid robotsAI and Society 26 (3): 291-300. 2011.To let humanoid robots behave socially adequate in a future society, we started to explore laughter as an important para-verbal signal known to influence relationships among humans rather easily. We investigated how the naturalness of various types of laughter in combination with different humanoid robots was judged, first, within a situational context that is suitable for laughter and, second, without describing the situational context. Given the variety of human laughter, do people prefer a ce…Read more
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106'Involving Interface': An Extended Mind Theoretical Approach to RoboethicsAccountability in Research: Policies and Quality Assurance 6 (17): 316-329. 2010.In 2008 the authors held Involving Interface, a lively interdisciplinary event focusing on issues of biological, sociocultural, and technological interfacing (see Acknowledgments). Inspired by discussions at this event, in this article, we further discuss the value of input from neuroscience for developing robots and machine interfaces, and the value of philosophy, the humanities, and the arts for identifying persistent links between human interfacing and broader ethical concerns. The importance…Read more
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88What is a human? Toward psychological benchmarks in the field of humanrobot interactionInteraction Studies 8 (3): 363-390. 2007.
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85The uncanny advantage of using androids in cognitive and social science researchInteraction Studies. Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies / Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies 7 (3): 297-337. 2006.The development of robots that closely resemble human beings can contribute to cognitive research. An android provides an experimental apparatus that has the potential to be controlled more precisely than any human actor. However, preliminary results indicate that only very humanlike devices can elicit the broad range of responses that people typically direct toward each other. Conversely, to build androids capable of emulating human behavior, it is necessary to investigate social activity in de…Read more
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78What is a Human?: Toward psychological benchmarks in the field of human–robot interactionInteraction Studies 8 (3): 363-390. 2007.In this paper, we move toward offering psychological benchmarks to measure success in building increasingly humanlike robots. By psychological benchmarks we mean categories of interaction that capture conceptually fundamental aspects of human life, specified abstractly enough to resist their identity as a mere psychological instrument, but capable of being translated into testable empirical propositions. Nine possible benchmarks are considered: autonomy, imitation, intrinsic moral value, moral …Read more
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73Can young children learn words from a robot?Interaction Studies. Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies / Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies 12 (1): 107-118. 2011.Young children generally learn words from other people. Recent research has shown that children can learn new actions and skills from nonhuman agents. This study examines whether young children could learn words from a robot. Preschool children were shown a video in which either a woman or a mechanical robot labeled novel objects. Then the children were asked to select the objects according to the names used in the video. The results revealed that children in the human condition were more likely…Read more
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63Android science: Conscious and subconscious recognitionConnection Science 18 (4): 319-332. 2006.
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55Intimacy in Phone Conversations: Anxiety Reduction for Danish Seniors with HugvieFrontiers in Psychology 7. 2016.
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49Questionnaire-based social research on opinions of Japanese visitors for communication robots at an exhibitionAI and Society 21 (1-2): 167-183. 2007.This paper reports the results of questionnaire-based research conducted at an exhibition of interactive humanoid robots that was held at the Osaka Science Museum, Japan. The aim of this exhibition was to investigate the feasibility of communication robots connected to a ubiquitous sensor network, under the assumption that these robots will be practically used in daily life in the not-so-distant future. More than 90,000 people visited the exhibition. A questionnaire was given to the visitors to …Read more
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42An approach for a social robot to understand human relationships: Friendship estimation through interaction with robotsInteraction Studies 7 (3): 369-403. 2006.This paper reports our research efforts on social robots that recognize interpersonal relationships. These investigations are carried out by observing group behaviors while the robot interacts with people. Our humanoid robot interacts with children by speaking and making various gestures. It identifies individual children by using a wireless tag system, which helps to promote interaction such as the robot calling a child by name. Accordingly, the robot is capable of interacting with many childre…Read more
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39A Non-parametric Approach to the Overall Estimate of Cognitive Load Using NIRS Time SeriesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience 11 239272. 2017.We present a nonparametric approach to prediction of the n-back n \in {1, 2} task as a proxy measure of mental workload using Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) data. In particular, we focus on measuring the mental workload through hemodynamic responses in the brain induced by these tasks, thereby realizing the potential that they can offer for their detection in real world scenarios (e.g., difficulty of a conversation). Our approach takes advantage of intrinsic linearity that is inherent in the …Read more
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38The role of social eye-gaze in children’s and adults’ ownership attributions to robotic agents in three culturesInteraction Studies. Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies / Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies 16 (1): 1-28. 2015.Young children often treat robots as social agents after they have witnessed interactions that can be interpreted as social. We studied in three experiments whether four-year-olds from three cultures and adults from two cultures will attribute ownership of objects to a robot that engages in social gaze with a human. Participants watched videos of robot-human interactions, in which objects were possessed or new objects were created. Children and adults applied the same ownership rules to humans a…Read more
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37Inconsistency of personality evaluation caused by appearance gap in robotic telecommunicationInteraction Studies. Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies / Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies 16 (2): 249-271. 2015.Compared with other communication media such as cellphones and video chat, teleoperated robots have a physical existence which increases the feeling of copresence. However, the appearance of a teleoperated robot is always the same regardless of the characteristics of its operator. Since people can determine their partner’s personality from his/her appearance, a teleoperated robot’s appearance might construct a personality that confuses the user. Our research focuses on establishing what kind of …Read more
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30Huggable Communication Medium Maintains Level of Trust during Conversation GameFrontiers in Psychology 8. 2017.
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29Toward social mechanisms of android science: A CogSci 2005 Workshop: 25 and 26 July 2005, Stresa, ItalyInteraction Studies 7 (2): 289-296. 2006.
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29Attitude change induced by different appearances of interaction agentsInternational Journal of Machine Consciousness 3 (01): 115-126. 2011.
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28Impact of Mediated Intimate Interaction on Education: A Huggable Communication Medium that Encourages ListeningFrontiers in Psychology 7. 2016.
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24What is a Human?Interaction Studies. Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies / Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies 8 (3): 363-390. 2007.In this paper, we move toward offering psychological benchmarks to measure success in building increasingly humanlike robots. By psychological benchmarks we mean categories of interaction that capture conceptually fundamental aspects of human life, specified abstractly enough to resist their identity as a mere psychological instrument, but capable of being translated into testable empirical propositions. Nine possible benchmarks are considered: autonomy, imitation, intrinsic moral value, moral a…Read more
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20Can infants use robot gaze for object learning?: The effect of verbalizationInteraction Studies 14 (3): 351-365. 2013.
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20Can infants use robot gaze for object learning?Interaction Studies. Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies / Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies 14 (3): 351-365. 2013.Previous research has shown that although infants follow the gaze direction of robots, robot gaze does not facilitate infants’ learning for objects. The present study examined whether robot gaze affects infants’ object learning when the gaze behavior was accompanied by verbalizations. Twelve-month-old infants were shown videos in which a robot with accompanying verbalizations gazed at an object. The results showed that infants not only followed the robot’s gaze direction but also preferentially …Read more
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Osaka UniversityRegular Faculty
Suita, Ōsaka, Japan
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |