Saitama University's Human-Robot Interaction Center is doing research on applying human communication methods to robots.
This Museum Guide Robot explains the exhibits in an art gallery. It detects the listener's facial movements and nods, using a laser range-finding sensor and a 360° camera. In this way, the robot finds out "how interested the listener is in the exhibit," and "how much the listener understands the explanation."
"We're designing the movements of this robot, and this research is being done together with sociology professors. We're using methods from sociology to analyze the movements of human curators and guides, and building those movements into this robot."
"I think everyone is familiar with Picasso. Is there any work that comes to mind when you hear the name Picasso?"
"Guernica."
"Right. That's one of Picasso's works. This painting also includes a cow skull, like that in Guernica. So what do you think the object next to the cow skull is?"
"A flower."
"Yes, it's a white flower. This work represents life and death."
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