TY - GEN
T1 - An advantage of bipedal humanoid robot on the empathy generation
T2 - 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS
AU - Miura, Naoki
AU - Sugiura, Motoaki
AU - Takahashi, Makoto
AU - Moridaira, Tomohisa
AU - Miyamoto, Atsushi
AU - Kuroki, Yoshihiro
AU - Kawashima, Ryuta
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - To determine the effect of robotic embodiment on human-robot interaction, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity during the observation of emotionally positive or neutral actions performed by bipedal or wheel-drive humanoid robots. fMRI data from 30 participants were analyzed in the study. The results revealed that bipedal humanoid robot performing emotionally positive actions induced the activation of the left orbitofrontal cortex, which is associated with emotional empathy, whereas wheel-drive humanoid robot performing the same actions elicited a lesser response. These results demonstrate that humans more readily empathize with a bipedal humanoid robot based on the ability to simulate human-like body movements.
AB - To determine the effect of robotic embodiment on human-robot interaction, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity during the observation of emotionally positive or neutral actions performed by bipedal or wheel-drive humanoid robots. fMRI data from 30 participants were analyzed in the study. The results revealed that bipedal humanoid robot performing emotionally positive actions induced the activation of the left orbitofrontal cortex, which is associated with emotional empathy, whereas wheel-drive humanoid robot performing the same actions elicited a lesser response. These results demonstrate that humans more readily empathize with a bipedal humanoid robot based on the ability to simulate human-like body movements.
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U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650603
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650603
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:69549113582
SN - 9781424420582
T3 - 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS
SP - 2465
EP - 2470
BT - 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS
Y2 - 22 September 2008 through 26 September 2008
ER -