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Challenges for Robots Acting on a Stage

Creating Sequential Structures for Interaction and the Interaction Process with the Audience

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In this chapter, we describe issues and challenges in deploying robots on stage, specifically in the context of theatrical plays. We are interested in understanding how an audience may perceive the robots. To this aim, we first survey available literature about cognitive human–robot interaction, with an emphasis on direct perception of robots and the observation of other humans interacting with robots. Then we discuss state-of-the-art approaches to select and sequence robot behaviors for human–robot interaction. Finally, we report about long-term interaction experiences involving robots and human actors on stage.

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  1. National Institute of Informatics, National Center of Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

    Mayumi Bono

  2. Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK

    Perla Maiolino

  3. Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3, Paris, France

    Augustin Lefebvre

  4. Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and Systems Engineering, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

    Fulvio Mastrogiovanni

  5. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Hiroshi Ishiguro

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Bono, M., Maiolino, P., Lefebvre, A., Mastrogiovanni, F., Ishiguro, H. (2017). Challenges for Robots Acting on a Stage. In: Nakatsu, R., Rauterberg, M., Ciancarini, P. (eds) Handbook of Digital Games and Entertainment Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-50-4_62

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