An Initiative Service Method with Regard to Degree of Sleepiness for Drinking Service Robot

Abstract

To ensure the efficiency of people's work while working long hours, an initiative service method with regard to degree of sleepiness for drinking service robot is proposed. It can recognize the degree of sleepiness and provide initiative service to increase the efficiency of people's work. Degree of sleepiness is defined as three levels by observer rating, which is supposed to be associated with human actions, environmental factors, and individual factors. In addition, a model of degree of sleepiness based on Finite State Machines (FSM) is introduced. The relationship between human demands and degree of sleepiness is established through demand analysis model by which the initiative service with regard to degree of sleepiness for drinking service robot is achieved. Experiments on real initiative drinking service are performed in a multimodal emotional communication based on human-robot interaction (MEC-HRI) system, from which the experimental results show that the time of initiative service is 8 minutes earlier than that without initiative service. In prospect, the proposal could be applied to other kinds of services such as health care, safety driving assistance, and other safety work assistance.