TY - GEN
T1 - The creation of DarumaTo
T2 - 2019 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2019
AU - Trovato, Gabriele
AU - Kishi, Tatsuhiro
AU - Kawai, Mao
AU - Zhong, Tingting
AU - Lin, Jia Yeu
AU - Gu, Zixi
AU - Oshiyama, Chiaki
AU - Takanishi, Atsuo
N1 - Funding Information:
*Research supported by the Japanese Sociaty for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - A growing need of socially assistive devices is now present in several countries affected by ageing societies. Robotics offers a solution to this problem, however the introduction of such devices is proving to be challenging because of users' acceptance. The cultural factor, blended with the background religion, may be critical in obtaining a positive impression. In order to achieve this goal, we introduce the use of skeuomorphism into robotics and present one first application: the development of DarumaTO social robot. DarumaTO is inspired to the traditional Buddhist and Shinto doll called Daruma, and it has has 2 degrees of freedom. It can communicate through visual tracking, voice and facial expression. The design results into a device that has a familiar appearance to a Buddhist or Shinto elderly person.
AB - A growing need of socially assistive devices is now present in several countries affected by ageing societies. Robotics offers a solution to this problem, however the introduction of such devices is proving to be challenging because of users' acceptance. The cultural factor, blended with the background religion, may be critical in obtaining a positive impression. In order to achieve this goal, we introduce the use of skeuomorphism into robotics and present one first application: the development of DarumaTO social robot. DarumaTO is inspired to the traditional Buddhist and Shinto doll called Daruma, and it has has 2 degrees of freedom. It can communicate through visual tracking, voice and facial expression. The design results into a device that has a familiar appearance to a Buddhist or Shinto elderly person.
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U2 - 10.1109/AIM.2019.8868736
DO - 10.1109/AIM.2019.8868736
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85074273783
T3 - IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM
SP - 606
EP - 611
BT - Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 8 July 2019 through 12 July 2019
ER -