Abstract
In recent years, the demand for robots has increased, and their roles have changed. In other words, there are increasing opportunities for them to be used not only in industrial applications such as factories, but also in daily life. In order for users to continue using these robots, the impression they have towards the robots needs to be considered. However, at present in the new coronavirus disease, it is difficult to actually assemble a robot. Instead, designing and developing a robot in virtual space can be an alternative. In this study, we evaluated the affective values of robots in a virtual space. We created a virtual space as a university campus, along with three pairs of robots with different shapes. Then, we performed kansei evaluation of the robots employing Semantic Differential (SD) for questionnaire. The results show how the ratings differ for each of the robot pairs and adjective pairs. In particular, we found that some adjective pairs had higher ratings than other adjective pairs, suggesting different impressions on our designed robots.
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This research was based on the results of a collaborative project [5] between Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan and DePauw University, the United States. We would like to thank Prof. Michiko Ohkura, of Shibaura Institute of Technology, and Prof. Dave Berque and Prof. Hiroko Chiba of DePauw University for permission to use the results of the project and for their guidance. We would also like to express our sincere thanks to Cade Wright and Kevin Bautista for creating the virtual space and the robots.
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Imura, S., Murayama, K., Sripian, P., Laohakangvalvit, T., Sugaya, M. (2021). Kansei Evaluation of Robots in Virtual Space Considering Their Physical Attributes. In: Kurosu, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Techniques and Novel Applications. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12763. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78465-2_17
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