A Modular Structured Architecture Using Smart Devices for Socially-Embedded Robot Partners

摘要

Recently, robot architectures with various structures have been developed to improve the human quality of life. Such a robot needs various capabilities such as learning, inference, and prediction for human interaction, and such capabilities are interconnected with each other as a whole system. In the development of a socially-embedded robot partner, human-robot interaction plays an important role. Therefore, in order to develop a socially embedded robot partner, we must consider human communication system. Human Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior should be considered in the development process of the robot partner, and if these factors are fully reflected in the robot partner, then the robot can be used as a socially-friendly robot partner. This book chapter is organized as follows: First, we describe the hardware and software structures. Next, we discuss the cognitive model of the robot partners. Third, we discuss interaction content design for various services. Finally, we discuss the contents of society implementation, and discuss the applicability of robots for social utilization.