This document discusses studies on human-robot interaction conducted by Michio Okada at Toyohashi University of Technology. Okada's research focuses on interaction science, cognitive science for communication, and designing social robots to explore new symbiotic relationships between humans and robots. He utilizes various robots as research tools to clarify aspects of human communication and interaction. Okada also studies how to design robots with imperfections or weaknesses in a way that allows them to achieve goals through assistance from human partners in a cooperative manner. This can help bring out kindness in humans and strengthen relationships. He argues for reconsidering how technology impacts well-being and focusing more on autonomy, competence and relatedness in human-robot relationships.

1. (Michio Okada)
Interaction and Communication Design Lab, Toyohashi University of Technology
(Studies on Human-
(2020/07/27)

2. (Michio Okada)
 (Toyohashi University of Technology)
 Human-Robot Interaction(HRI), Social Robotics, Cognitive Science, Ecological Psychology
, 2012 , 2017

3. 2017 202020192019
Benefit of
Inconvenience
Autonomous
Vehicle System
Resilience Well-being

4. Studies on Human-Robot Interaction
Studies on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Interaction Science
Cognitive Science for Communication
Designing Social Robots,
Exploring new symbiotic relationships
between humans and robots
While utilizing various robots as research tools, we will clarify aspects of human
communication and interaction and apply them to the design of social robots.

5. ICD Sociable Creatures and Social Robots ( https://www.icd.cs.tut.ac.jp/ )
Talking Eye Muu Mawari
Tofu Talking-Ally Mi:mo

6. Sociable Trash Box Maco Pelat
INAMO COLUMN Sociable Dining Table
ICD Sociable Creatures and Social Robots ( https://www.icd.cs.tut.ac.jp/ )

7. Talking-Bones PoKeBo Jr. Pocketable Bones
iBones Lumos Sociable Trash Box
ICD Sociable Creatures and Social Robots ( https://www.icd.cs.tut.ac.jp/ )

8. NAMIDA0 NAMIDA0 Home NAMIDA
ICD Sociable Creatures and Social Robots ( https://www.icd.cs.tut.ac.jp/ )

9. Consider the relationship between humans and robots
that creates our well-being.
Review the metrics for the value of convenience!

10. Consider our relationship with scissors, a simple tools
As a person who can use scissors well,
you can be valued newly!
Depending on the skill of the user,
new functions emerge in the
scissors.
Both are happy!
While complementing each other's weaknesses, bring out their strengths!

11. Do the job perfectly! We can't help anything, we just ask
the robot to do it.
Smart and convenient!
More accurately!
More efficiently!
Be quieter!
Giver
不寛容な社会
?
We are creating an
intolerant society! ?
Receiver
A robot that says
"it can be done alone".

12. Technology really makes people happy?
Reconsider the metrics for the value
Technologies to improve our well-being ( )
(=Positive Computing)
Living too convenient
doesn't make you feel alive!
Why is this?

A state in which one finds significance in life and maximizes his or her potential
 Keywords: (autonomy) (competence) (relatedness)

13. 
The relationship between scissors has brought us well-being!
You feel like you are
getting better!
(competence)
You can utilize it
as you want!
(autonomy)
Both are happy!
A feeling of
connection and unity.
(relatedness)
Our relationship with scissors, a simple tools

14. Do the job perfectly! You can't help anything,
just ask the robot to do it.
Smart and convenient!
Giver Receiver
A robot that says
"it can be done myself".
What is the relationship between people and convenient robots?
Can you use it as
you want?
Do you feel like you
are getting better?Both are happy?
Mental distance

15. The relationship between autonomous driving system and a driver?
( )
Do you feel like you are
getting better?
(competence)
Both are happy?
(relatedness)
Can you drive it
as you want?
(autonomy)

16. Be able to do it
yourself.
Aiming to be able to
move around myself
without the help of
anyone!
I can do it myself!
I still can't take care of
young people!
So far, you have considered what you can do by yourself as good.
Exam should be
taken by myself.
No one can help!

17. Be able to do it
yourself. I can do it
myself!
Is it true that you can do it yourself?
To become independent:
You can do it yourself without the help of anyone!
Yet another view
To become independent:
You increase your dependencies
and to keep them decentralized.
Ah!
Is it okay to borrow
people's help?
We are too particular
about the individual
competence view!

18. Let's revive more relationships!
We are too particular about the individual competence view!
Let's revive more relationships!
You can often solve problems by cooperating with the people around you!
Ah!
Is it okay to borrow
people's help?
 ( )
Studies on social robots that are oriented toward relationships with others.

19. Be able to do it
yourself.
Two approaches to design social robots
Yet another view
Relation-oriented Approach
How to get some support,
assuming that it is incomplete.
How to design "relationships" with others.
Approach from individual competence view
Aim for self-
How to fill the gap of ability and function.

20. Sociable Trash Box These robots cannot pick up the trash themselves,
but with the help of their children, they eventually pick it up.

21. It's a bit sly, but it's interesting
to think of as a social skill.
You were able to clean the room with
the robot.
(relatedness)
You are not forced to pick up trash!
You are free to help or not!
(autonomy)
Makes the surrounding
children friendly.
They don't have great technology!
You should be happy to have helped
someone.
(competence)

22. Sociable Trash Box These robots are not only assisted by the children,
but also bring out their kindness, ingenuity, and new learning!

23. Sociable robot that can achieve their goals by deriving the assistance
from social others, even though it has some imperfection or weakness
in its functions.
• The weakness can derive assistance from the human
partner as a cooperative action.
• Human feels satisfied to contribute the cooperative
action successfully.
• As a result, weak robots can
gentleness and learning motive while the
coordinated interaction.
• Robot makers can provide cheap robots to user that
can achieve a goal without excellent and precise
mechanism.

24. i-Bones
to distribute tissue packs to passers-by in the town.

25. Pelat -- A robot that wanders in a room with unobtrusive behavior.
You can't take your eyes off of it, and you chase with your eyes.

26. Robots
(with imperfections)
Human
(with imperfections)
It's often surprisingly
easy to do it with the
help of others!
Those who helped do not
feel bad at all! ( )
While being aware of your own imperfections, try to expose your weaknesses.
The robot is getting stronger,
Bring out the original strengths and
kindness of people.
Create a connection with each other!
( )
While complementing each other's weaknesses, bring out their strengths!
You involuntarily help the
robot! ( )

27. Maco A robot that walks hand in hand with us.
It tries to find out the feelings of others by layering your body.

28. (Inter-corporeal communication in walking hand in hand with us)
Which way to proceed?
Which
way?
It tries to find out the feelings
of others by layering your body.
(= )
It tries to find out the feelings
of others by layering your body.
(= )

29. Why not apply the concept of a "weak robot" to the communication field?

30. Learn our language
Two approaches to create rich communication!
Yet another way!
relation-oriented (constructive) approach
Entrusting the uncompleted meaning to other
and make the meaning together!
approach from individual competence view
How to convey self-

31. Tofu a robot with minimal design that perform proto-communication with human.

32. Talking-Ally
mechanism for oo
Talking-
utterance generation.
The main feature is that Talking-Ally is very ,
as a result, it generates disfluent spontaneous speech with self-repairs, repetitions
and filled pauses.

33. Talking-Ally
in utterance generation.

34. Talking-Ally
Another example of Talking-
while the robot is talking.

35. Talking-Bones with forgetfulness
The robot sometimes forgets important keywords when it is going to tell something
to its partner.
It is raising vegetables by using the
LED?
NASA?

36. Talking-Bones The robot is sometimes forgetting important keywords
when it is going to tell old tale to children.

37. Muu -- like an infant with few words
Muu with few words
Coupling
Hearer
Mom...
I played a lot today!
eh?
What did you play with?
How about a personal assistant like an infant with few words?
The creatures try to provide the news information little by little by getting the supports
from the human partner.

38. Muu A robot that conveys information in small utterances with little words!

39. Human-Vehicle Interaction
Why not apply the concept of a "weak robot" to Human-Vehicle Interaction?

40. Palmtop Creature
Tabletop Creature
Creatures
in vehicle
Sociable Creature NAMIDA0
-- Palm-size creatures for used in mobile, on a table and in vehicle.
 minimal design
creature so that we can participate to
the interpretation of the emotional
expression and its meanings.

41. Sociable Creature NAMIDA0 Home
-- Palm-size creatures used for next generation smart speaker.

42. NAMIDA - social interface for autonomous driving system
 a social interface
for a driver and autonomous cars.
Driving Aget NAMIDA0
Embedded social interface NAMIDA

43. Embedded Social Interface - NAMIDA
Embedded social interface NAMIDA
 In a conventional autonomous car, you may
feel slightly uneasy because you cannot know
what the car is thinking now.

44. Autonomous Car
(LEVEL III)
(incompleteness)
Getting assistance from a
driver when the road is in
bad condition
(incompleteness)
Driver
Caring a driver
by autonomous driving
strength,
weakness.

45. Conclusion!

46. Our relationship with scissors, a simple tools
As a person who can use scissors well,
you can be valued newly!
Depending on the skill of the user,
new functions emerge in the
scissors.
Both are happy!
While complementing each other's weaknesses, bring out their strengths!

47. Technology really makes people happy?
Let's reconsider the value index!
Technologies to improve our well-being ( )
(Positive Computing)
Living too convenient
doesn't make you feel alive!
Why is this?

A state in which one finds significance in life and maximizes his or her potential
 (autonomy) (competence) (relatedness)

48. assignment
( )
1-2
Please summarize your opinions, comments and
as your paper on page 1-2.
Due Date: 8/20/2020