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This paper reports on an experimental investigation into the use of humanoid robots as a communication medium. Many social robots have been developed and tried for use in urban environments, but due to their limited perception, their degree of interactivity is still far poorer than that of humans. In this study, our approach used the robots as a non-interactive medium. We propose using robots as a passive-social medium, in which multiple robots converse with each other.
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Hayashi, K., Kanda, T., Ishiguro, H., Ogasawara, T., Hagita, N. (2011). An Experimental Study of the Use of Multiple Humanoid Robots as a Social Communication Medium. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services. UAHCI 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6768. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21657-2_4
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