Personal Space of Small Mobile Robot Moving towards Standing or Sitting Elderly Individuals  

作　　者：Masako Sakai Akiko Watanabe 

机构地区：[1]Graduate School of Science and Technology for Future Life, Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo 120-8551, Japan [2]Department of Architecture, Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo 120-8551, Japan

出　　处：《Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture》2013年第7期827-832,共6页土木工程与建筑（英文版）

摘　　要：Recently, Japan has experienced a low birthrate and an aging population. The development of communication robots, such as cleaning and a care-giver robot, has been progressing. Care-giver robots provide daily assistance, including contacting emergency services. This study is part of the ＂study on planning techniques of living space in harmony with robots＂, and focused on the elderly. Minimum distance was the subjects felt ＂I do not want any more approached＂. Subjects were 21 elderly persons （eight males and thirteen females）, aged 66-86 years. The experimental room was an assembly room in a public accommodation （14 m× 6.5 m）. The small mobile robot used in this experiment was external form dimensions of 120 mm （W）× 130 mm （D）× 70 mm （H）, In this experiment, considering the personal space as the small mobile robot is watching robot without support function for person. The robot moved toward standing or sitting subjects at constant velocities from a distance 5 m apart. Research factors are 5 angles （0°, 45°, 90°, 135° and 180°） and 2 speeds （0.08 m/s and 0.24 m/s）.

关 键 词：Small mobile robot personal space elderly persons living space. 

分 类 号：TP242[自动化与计算机技术—检测技术与自动化装置] TP3[自动化与计算机技术—控制科学与工程]