TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding suitable locations for waiting
AU - Kitade, Takuya
AU - Satake, Satoru
AU - Kanda, Takayuki
AU - Imai, Michita
PY - 2013/4/8
Y1 - 2013/4/8
N2 - This study addresses the robot that waits for users while they shop. In order to wait, the robot needs to understand which locations are appropriate for waiting. We investigated how people choose locations for waiting, and revealed that they are concerned with 'disturbing pedestrians' and 'disturbing shop activities'. Using these criteria, we developed a classifier of waiting locations. 'Disturbing pedestrians' are estimated from statistics of pedestrian trajectories, which is observed with a human-tracking system based on laser range finders. 'Disturbing shop activities' are estimated based on shop visibility. We evaluated this autonomous waiting behavior in a shopping-assist scenario. The experimental results revealed that users found the autonomous waiting robot chose appropriate waiting locations for waiting more than a robot with random choice or one controlled manually by the user him or herself.
AB - This study addresses the robot that waits for users while they shop. In order to wait, the robot needs to understand which locations are appropriate for waiting. We investigated how people choose locations for waiting, and revealed that they are concerned with 'disturbing pedestrians' and 'disturbing shop activities'. Using these criteria, we developed a classifier of waiting locations. 'Disturbing pedestrians' are estimated from statistics of pedestrian trajectories, which is observed with a human-tracking system based on laser range finders. 'Disturbing shop activities' are estimated based on shop visibility. We evaluated this autonomous waiting behavior in a shopping-assist scenario. The experimental results revealed that users found the autonomous waiting robot chose appropriate waiting locations for waiting more than a robot with random choice or one controlled manually by the user him or herself.
KW - Understanding environments
KW - model for waiting locations
KW - shopping-assistant robot
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U2 - 10.1109/HRI.2013.6483502
DO - 10.1109/HRI.2013.6483502
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84875715374
SN - 9781467330558
T3 - ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
SP - 57
EP - 64
BT - HRI 2013 - Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
T2 - 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2013
Y2 - 3 March 2013 through 6 March 2013
ER -