Suggestion on the Practical Human Robot Interaction Design for the Autonomous Driving Disinfection Robot

Abstract

The spread of Covid-19 has raised the importance of unmanned and disinfection tasks, therefore the development and commercialization of service robots, such as disinfection robots, is actively underway. In addition, modern society is a personalized, where individuality is valued, with understanding and interaction of individual tastes and preferences, playing an important factor in value creation. Individual understanding starts with communication, and in this context, popularization of service robots believes that smooth interaction between humans and robots is a factor that determines success, and research is needed. In this research, the design of robots performing disinfection tasks in subway stations is studied for interactions in which robots coexist with humans and facilitate disinfection tasks. Through this work, a designed subway disinfection robot system and an appearance design considering human-centered factors are proposed. It also designed practical Human-Robot Interaction elements such as displays, voice, and laser projectors, and presented ways to utilize them to respond to possible situations in the subway. In particular, measures are shown to solve the structural problems of robots through human consideration and interaction in disinfection tasks and elevator boarding situations.