EAGER: Cultural models in social robotics - Comparative studies with users in the US and Japan

EAGER：社交机器人中的文化模型 - 与美国和日本用户的比较研究

• 批准号: 1143712
• 负责人: Selma Sabanovic
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1143712&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Cultural; models; social; robotics

This project performs comparative research in the United States and Japan on cultural models of social behavior and technology that influence how users perceive, make sense of, and interact with social robots. Social robots are designed to engage and communicate with people using socially appropriate behaviors, cues, norms, and roles. We (1) develop a comparative framework to study how users of social robots understand, apply, and react to cultural models of sociality and technology, as expressed in the material and discursive framing of robots, in the US and Japan, and (2) establish the foundation for long-term research collaboration on cross-cultural studies of robotics between Dr. Selma Sabanovic at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), Dr. Takanori Shibata at the National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba, and Dr. Kazuyoshi Wada at Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) in Japan.The project produces guidelines for best practices for using social robots in the US and Japan; this is particularly timely for Paro, which is commercially available in both countries. We also strengthen existing and build new collaborations with individuals and institutions in Japan. The project impacts education through the exchange of students and month-long internships and provides educational experiences for a broader audience, including other students, users, and relevant stakeholders through open houses and presentations by participating institutions.

该项目在美国和日本对社会行为和技术的文化模型进行了比较研究，这些模型影响了用户如何感知，了解和与社会机器人互动。社会机器人旨在使用社会上适当的行为，提示，规范和角色与人们进行交流和沟通。 We (1) develop a comparative framework to study how users of social robots understand, apply, and react to cultural models of sociality and technology, as expressed in the material and discursive framing of robots, in the US and Japan, and (2) establish the foundation for long-term research collaboration on cross-cultural studies of robotics between Dr. Selma Sabanovic at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), Dr. Takanori Shibata at the National Institute for Advanced Tsukuba的工业科学技术（AIST）和日本东京大都会大学（TMU）的Kazuyoshi Wada博士。该项目制定了最佳实践指南，用于使用美国和日本的社交机器人；对于Paro来说，这尤其及时，这在两个国家都在市售。我们还加强了现有的现有，并与日本的个人和机构建立了新的合作。该项目通过交流学生和为期一个月的实习来影响教育，并通过参与机构通过开放的房屋和演讲为更广泛的受众，包括其他学生，用户和相关利益相关者提供教育经验。