Enabling Harmonized Human-Robot Interaction in a Public Space

We aim to realize a future city environment in which social robots roam in public spaces and offer such useful services to visitors as information-providing and flyer-distributing, will make three types of research contributions from our project. First, we developed a sensor network that can cover a large area in a shopping mall. Second, based on the rich information from that sensor network, we developed models of pedestrian behavior to increase our understanding of their behavior. Third, these models of pedestrian behavior enable us to harmonize robots into public spaces. That is, without hindering the movement of people, robots will be able to offer useful services.

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