Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 05, 2019 - June 08, 2019
In this paper, we propose a multi-robot interaction system based on audience attention. The multi-robot system consists of multiple robots. Each of the robots has own role for robot interactive theater. The performer robot is programmed to perform a show on the stage; whereas the spectator robot is programmed to behave like an audience. In order to evaluate the immersion in robotic theater, we consider the direction of the user's gaze. Eye contact is important in order to create a life-like communication. Thus, we implemented OpenPose to performer robot for detecting human audiences. During the robot performance in robot theater, spectator robot tends to cheer up the performer robots through active feedbacks. In addition, it further explains the content of the robot performance to human audiences in the theater through verbal speech. We show result what human audiences can focused more to robot theater performance by communicating with spectator robot.
