Body Ownership Transfer to a Teleoperated Android

Teleoperators of android robots occasionally feel as if the robotic bodies are extensions of their own bodies. When others touch the android that they are teleoperating, even without tactile feedback, some operators feel as if they themselves have been touched. In the past, a similar phenomenon named the “Rubber Hand Illusion” was studied because it reflects the three-way interaction between vision, touch, and proprioception. In this study, we examined whether a similar three-way interaction occurs when the tactile sensation is replaced with android robot teleoperation. The results show that when the operator and the android motions are synchronized, operators feel as if their sense of body ownership is transferred to the android robot.

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