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In this paper, as the second report of the study on Kawaii-ness in motion, we investigate the relationship between physical properties of motion and Kawaii-ness using Roomba. Kawaii is one of the representative concepts of Japan-original Kansei. First, we computed parameters of seven physical properties (position, velocity, acceleration, angle, angular velocity, angular acceleration, and time) from three types of motions of Roomba used in the first study. Second, we composed 24 types of robot motions and asked the subjects to evaluate their impressions. We asked the subjects to answer the questionnaire consisting of the 20 pairing adjectives prepared according to the SD method. The extracted physical features in seven physical parameters in composed motions are correlated with the Kawaii-ness based on the result of the questionnaire. We report our findings in detail in this paper.
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- Kawaii
- Kansei values
- Robot motion
- Physical Property
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Sugano, S., Miyaji, Y., Tomiyama, K. (2013). Study of Kawaii-ness in Motion – Physical Properties of Kawaii Motion of Roomba. In: Kurosu, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Human-Centred Design Approaches, Methods, Tools, and Environments. HCI 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8004. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39232-0_67
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