Communication with Self-Growing Character to Develop Physically Growing Robot Toy Agent
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Synthetic Character
2.1. Former Researches on Synthetic Character
2.1.1. Synthetic Character Resembling an Animal (Around Year 2000)
- “Every day common sense”
- “The ability to learn”
- “The sense of empathy”
2.1.2. Synthetic Character in the Real-World Application
- Empathy
- Sympathy
2.2. Design Process of Robot Character in Application with Robot “Buddy”
2.2.1. Diary Studies for Collecting User Insight
- Facebook post: Message with the photo
- Instagram post: Digital photo with description
2.2.2. The Goal of Design: Position behind the Uncanny Valley
2.2.3. Total Design Process: From Design Research to Development and Implementation
3. Results
3.1. Design Result: Function of Communication
3.1.1. Data Network of the Robot Toy
3.1.2. Communication between Robot and Child
3.2. Design Result: Function of Self-Growing
3.2.1. Growth Robot Implementation
3.2.2. Growth Robot Operation
4. Use Case Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Patents
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Growth Over Age | 4 Month | 3 Year-Old | 8 Year-Old (TBD) |
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Height (cm) | 65 cm | 95 cm | 122 cm |
Height (ft) | 2.13 ft | 3.11 ft 1 | 4.00 ft |
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Lee, M.; Kim, J.; Jeong, H.; Pham, A.; Lee, C.; Lee, P.; Soe, T.; Kim, S.-W.; Eune, J. Communication with Self-Growing Character to Develop Physically Growing Robot Toy Agent. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 923. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10030923
Lee M, Kim J, Jeong H, Pham A, Lee C, Lee P, Soe T, Kim S-W, Eune J. Communication with Self-Growing Character to Develop Physically Growing Robot Toy Agent. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(3):923. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10030923
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Mingu, Jiyong Kim, Hyunsu Jeong, Azure Pham, Changhyeon Lee, Pilwoo Lee, Thiha Soe, Seong-Woo Kim, and Juhyun Eune. 2020. "Communication with Self-Growing Character to Develop Physically Growing Robot Toy Agent" Applied Sciences 10, no. 3: 923. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10030923
APA StyleLee, M., Kim, J., Jeong, H., Pham, A., Lee, C., Lee, P., Soe, T., Kim, S.-W., & Eune, J. (2020). Communication with Self-Growing Character to Develop Physically Growing Robot Toy Agent. Applied Sciences, 10(3), 923. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10030923