子ども型アンドロイドと手をつないで歩くことで人に与える影響の調査

抄録

We, humans, have an instinct of a social nurturing of children. We are researching a robot system that can gather and process necessary information effectively in the real world with the help of people. By using an android with a child-like appearance, the system might keep eliciting active involvement from the human side, just like an adult takes care of a child instinctively. This study focuses on walking hand in hand with the child as an example of the natural behaviors of child and adult. By walking hand in hand with humans, the android can convey intention, e.g., direction to go, by the physical interaction without having a conversation. In the experiment, the subject is asked to follow the android with hand in hand or side by side. As a result, we found a difference in the ratio of gazing to the android in each condition.