Intelligent Product Design

Abstract

Robot's appearance types could be classified into human-oriented robot and product-oriented robot. Human-oriented robot resembles human's appearance and behavior whereas product-oriented robot is an intelligent product that is laden with robotic technologies based on the existing product [1]. In Kwak et al.'s study [1], customers categorized a human-oriented robot as a robot and a product-oriented robot as one of the existing product categories, and a product-oriented robot was more effective than a human-oriented robot for consumers' evaluation and purchase intention toward robots. On the basis of this, we developed several intelligent products including intelligent slippers, intelligent Christmas tree blocks, an intelligent piggy bank, an intelligent clothespin, an intelligent grass protection mat, and an intelligent frame (see Figure 1).