Title
Can User-Centered Reinforcement Learning Allow A Robot To Attract Passersby Without Causing Discomfort?
Abstract
The aim of our study is to develop a method by which a social robot can greet passersby and get their attention without causing them to suffer discomfort. Social robots now function in a number of customer service roles, such as receptionists, guides, and exhibitors. However, sudden greetings from a robot can startle passersby. Therefore, we developed a method that allows social robots to adapt their mannerisms situationally based the results of related work. Our proposed method, user-centered reinforcement learning, enables robots to greet passersby without causing them discomfort (p < 0.01). Our field experiment in an office entrance demonstrated that our method meets this requirement.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8967936
2019 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS)
Field
DocType
ISSN
Social robot,Customer service,Computer science,Control engineering,Human–computer interaction,Robot,Receptionists,Reinforcement learning
Conference
2153-0858
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yasunori Ozaki100.68
Tatsuya Ishihara2659.88
Narimune Matsumura301.01
Tadashi Nunobiki401.01