A novel culture-dependent gesture selection system for a humanoid robot performing greeting interaction

In human-robot interaction, it is important for the robots to adapt to our ways of communication. As humans, rules of non-verbal communication, including greetings, change depending on our culture. Social robots should adapt to these specific differences in order to communicate effectively, as a cor...

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Main Authors: Gabriele Trovato, Martin Do, Masuko Kuramochi, Massimiliano Zecca, Omer Terlemez, Tamim Asfour, Atsuo Takanishi
Format: Default Article
Published: 2014
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HRI
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/17559
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Summary:In human-robot interaction, it is important for the robots to adapt to our ways of communication. As humans, rules of non-verbal communication, including greetings, change depending on our culture. Social robots should adapt to these specific differences in order to communicate effectively, as a correct way of approaching often results into better acceptance of the robot. In this study, a novel greeting gesture selection system is presented and an experiment is run using the robot ARMAR-IIIb. The robot performs greeting gestures appropriate to Japanese culture; after interacting with German participants, the selection should become appropriate to German culture. Results show that the mapping of gesture selection evolves successfully.