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Area of Science:

  • Robotics
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Humanoid robots offer high expressiveness via facial expressions and gestures.
  • Teleoperating highly flexible robots can involve complex control methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an automatic motion system for an avatar synchronized with operator speech.
  • To comprehensively integrate gesture functions based on sociological principles.
  • To verify the effectiveness of implemented modules and understand conveyed impressions.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an automatic motion system for avatar gesture generation based on speech input.
  • Integrated sociological frameworks for comprehensive gesture function coverage.
  • Conducted experimental verification of key system modules.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the realization of various gesture functions through the automatic system.
  • Experimentally verified the effectiveness of the implemented modules.
  • Clarified the impressions conveyed by avatar gestures to participants.

Conclusions:

  • The developed automatic motion system effectively generates expressive avatar gestures synchronized with speech.
  • The system simplifies the control of teleoperated robots for asynchronous presentations.
  • The study provides insights into the realization and perceived impact of sociological gesture functions in human-robot interaction.