TY - GEN
T1 - Towards anthropomorphized spaces
T2 - 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN
AU - Osawa, Hirotaka
AU - Imai, Michita
PY - 2008/10/6
Y1 - 2008/10/6
N2 - This study investigated the effects of a method of anthropomorphizing a target space using attachable robotic human parts. As a result of this method, users may perceive a space as having lifelike characteristics and may accept a virtual body image for various objects. We developed robotic human parts to evaluate our method and conducted an experiment in which subjects positioned objects according to instructions given within an anthropomorphic space to determine their acceptance of the virtual body images presented and the anthropomorphic representation of the space. The results showed that subjects' positioning of objects changed according to the position of the human parts. We found that our method successfully generated a virtual body image for a particular region that would not normally be recognized in this way by users.
AB - This study investigated the effects of a method of anthropomorphizing a target space using attachable robotic human parts. As a result of this method, users may perceive a space as having lifelike characteristics and may accept a virtual body image for various objects. We developed robotic human parts to evaluate our method and conducted an experiment in which subjects positioned objects according to instructions given within an anthropomorphic space to determine their acceptance of the virtual body images presented and the anthropomorphic representation of the space. The results showed that subjects' positioning of objects changed according to the position of the human parts. We found that our method successfully generated a virtual body image for a particular region that would not normally be recognized in this way by users.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROMAN.2008.4600658
DO - 10.1109/ROMAN.2008.4600658
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:52949136662
SN - 9781424422135
T3 - Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN
SP - 148
EP - 153
BT - Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN
Y2 - 1 August 2008 through 3 August 2008
ER -