Abstract
An ongoing trend in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is social robot. A number of platforms have been developed with an ability to exhibit social behaviors. Unlike traditional robots, human expect a social robot to behave in a natural way i.e. making the decision itself and expressing emotions. This paper presents the development and implementation of ROBEE, a novel social behavior controller for robots with a focus on HRI studies. Using the homeostatic drive theory, ROBEE selects the behaviors in order to maintain the needs, mainly psychological and social, within an acceptable range. We propose a hybrid concept for the decision making process, which combines the hierarchical approach and Parallel-rooted, Ordered, Slip-stack Hierarchical (POSH)architecture. Emotions are mapped in a two-dimensional space consisting of valence and arousal. A joint attention HRI experiment with children and NAO robot has been conducted showing the usage of the controller. ROBEE is expected to be implemented in more robotic platforms.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2014) |
Pages | 516-521 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 5 Dec 2014 |
Event | The 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics - Bali, Indonesia Duration: 5 Dec 2014 → 10 Apr 2015 |
Conference
Conference | The 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics |
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Country/Territory | Indonesia |
City | Bali |
Period | 5/12/14 → 10/04/15 |
Keywords
- robot
- RAT
- autonomous
- behavior controller
- NAO