Creation and Staging of Android Theatre “Sayonara”towards Developing Highly Human-Like Robots

Takenobu Chikaraishi, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Kohei Ogawa, Oriza Hirata and Hiroshi Ishiguro
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Takenobu Chikaraishi: COI Site, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo 110-8714, Japan
Yuichiro Yoshikawa: Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
Kohei Ogawa: Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
Oriza Hirata: COI Site, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo 110-8714, Japan
Hiroshi Ishiguro: Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Future Internet, 2017, vol. 9, issue 4, 1-17

Abstract: Even after long-term exposures, androids with a strikingly human-like appearance evoke unnatural feelings. The behavior that would induce human-like feelings after long exposures is difficult to determine, and it often depends on the cultural background of the observers. Therefore, in this study, we generate an acting performance system for the android, in which an android and a human interact in a stage play in the real world. We adopt the theatrical theory called Contemporary Colloquial Theatre Theory to give the android natural behaviors so that audiences can comfortably observe it even after long-minute exposure. A stage play is created and shown in various locations, and the audiences are requested to report their impressions of the stage and their cultural and psychological backgrounds in a self-evaluating questionnaire. Overall analysis indicates that the audience had positive feelings, in terms of attractiveness, towards the android on the stage even after 20 min of exposure. The singularly high acceptance of the android by Japanese audiences seems to be correlated with a high animism tendency, rather than to empathy. We also discuss how the stage play approach is limited and could be extended to contribute to realization of human–robot interaction in the real world.

Keywords: android theatre; robot theatre; contemporary colloquial theatre theory; social robots (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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