Proposing a companion robot that assists sleeping by requesting the user to soothe itself

Abstract

In this study, we proposed a robot that requires the interaction putting it to sleep when co-sleeping with the aim of improving the quality of sleep, especially the time to fall asleep, for people affected by lifestyle changes. We summarized the intent and details of the functions to express physiological phenomena to be implemented in the robot and the functions to perform the interaction putting it to sleep, and also explained the scenario of using the robot. In the future, it will be necessary to verify whether or not the robot actually produces the effect of promoting sleep onset, and to explore the rules of the interaction process putting it to sleep.