Authors:
Toshiyuki Maeda
1
;
Kazumi Yoshida
2
;
Hisao Niwa
2
and
Kazuhiro Kayashima
2
Affiliations:
1
Hannan University, Japan
;
2
Pin Change Co.,Ltd., Japan
Keyword(s):
Telecare network application, Elderies’ welfare, Human-computer interaction, Human-robots interface, Network communication, Pet-type robot, Autonomous control
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Autonomous Agents
;
Human-Robots Interfaces
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Mobile Robots and Autonomous Systems
;
Network Robotics
;
Robotics and Automation
;
Surveillance
Abstract:
This paper presents a pet-type robot communication system for mental care of single-resident elderies. The robot can communicate with the people autonomously, and also it is Internet-accessible and so that allows the people to communicate with others, directly or using the communication server. The system consists of pet-type robots and the information center. The pet-type robot can treat not only as an information terminal, but as a pet, which can talk to user(s), give information of the local communities, watch over them and send some information to carers at the information center if needed. Considering necessity and sufficiency, the robot has four motors; one for both ears, one for both eyes, one for the nose, and one for the neck. Motions generated by the motors symbolize emotions of the robot, which is essential for our object. We have demonstrated and examined some features of this robot system for elderies and got some good evaluation.