Development of an integrated control system for a life-sized mascot robot

Abstract

It has been reported that interactions through robots have a positive effects on people. In particular, robots whose exteriors are made of soft materials have been found to create impressions in interactions such as communication with people based on their first impressions. In addition, it has been shown that the use of robots with characterization has a positive impact on such impressions. The robot used in this study has a soft exterior and a characterization based on Professor Donmasu, the imaged character of Toyama Prefectural University. The lack of integrated control of the individual functions of this robot causes problems in terms of operability, safety and prevents the robot from performing interactions that integrate the individual functions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a control system that integrates individual functions.