飛行型ソーシャルロボット”フーボ”

―第1報：コンセプトと動作検証―

抄録

Some social robots can provide people with well-being. We have developed a flying social robot “ Hubo ”that provides more well-being. Hubo, whose design is simple and characterless, flies around randomly and moves in the direction of the sound. The design and actions can give people room for interpretation. In this paper, we propose its design and verify its performance. The results imply two conclusion: (i) Hubo is able to fly forward and circularly, (ii) Hubo is able to estimate the direction of human voices.