Development of a bioinstrumentation system in the interaction between a human and a robot

Kazuko Itoh*, Hiroyasu Miwa, Yuko Nukariya, Massimiliano Zecca, Hideaki Takanobu, Stefano Roccella, Maria Chiara Carrozza, Paolo Dario, Atsuo Takanishi

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Abstract

Personal robots, which are expected to become popular in the future, are required to be active in joint work and community life with humans. Such robots must have no bad physical or psychical effect on humans. The psychical effect of a robot on humans has been subjectively measured using questionnaires. However, it has not been objectively measured yet. Human emotion and the consciousness direction can be measured by physiological parameters and body motion, respectively. Therefore, the bioinstrumentation system WB-1 was developed in order to objectively measure the psychical effect of a robot on a human. It can measure physiological parameters such as respiration, heart rate, perspiration and pulse wave, and arm motion. Analyzing human stress in the interaction with a robot from electrocardiogram, the robot could generate a motion for decreasing the stress.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2006
Pages2620-2625
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2006 - Beijing, China
Duration: 2006 Oct 92006 Oct 15

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Conference

Conference2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period06/10/906/10/15

Keywords

  • Bioinstrumentation
  • Interaction
  • Motion capture
  • Physiological parameter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Science Applications

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