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The Usage and Evaluation of Anthropomorphic Form in Robot Design
There are numerous examples illustrating the application of human shape in everyday products. Usage of anthropomorphic form has long been a basic design strategy, particularly in the design of intelligent service robots. As such, it is desirable to use anthropomorphic form not only in aesthetic design but also in interaction design. Proceeding from how anthropomorphism in various domains has taken effect on human perception, we assumed that anthropomorphic form used in appearance and interaction design of robots enriches the explanation of its function and creates familiarity with robots. From many cases we have found, misused anthropomorphic form lead to user disappointment or negative impressions on the robot. In order to effectively use anthropomorphic form, it is necessary to measure the similarity of an artifact to the human form (humanness), and then evaluate whether the usage of anthropomorphic form fits the artifact. The goal of this study is to propose a general evaluation framework of anthropomorphic form for robot design. We suggest three major steps for framing the evaluation: 'measuring anthropomorphic form in appearance', 'measuring anthropomorphic form in Human-Robot Interaction', and 'evaluation of accordance of two former measurements'. This evaluation process will endow a robot an amount of humanness in their appearance equivalent to an amount of humanness in interaction ability, and then ultimately facilitate user satisfaction.
Keywords:
Anthropomorphic Form; Anthropomorphism; Human-Robot Interaction; Humanness; Robot Design</p
A basic inequality for submanifolds in a cosymplectic space form
For submanifolds tangent to the structure vector field in cosymplectic space
forms, we establish a basic inequality between the main intrinsic invariants of
the submanifold, namely its sectional curvature and scalar curvature on one
side; and its main extrinsic invariant, namely squared mean curvature on the
other side. Some applications including inequalities between the intrinsic
invariant and the squared mean curvature are given. The equality
cases are also discussedComment: Latex 9 page
Radio Imaging of the NGC 1333 IRAS 4B Region
The NGC 1333 IRAS 4B region was observed in the 6.9 mm and 1.3 cm continuum
with an angular resolution of about 0.4 arcseconds. IRAS 4BI was detected in
both bands, and BII was detected in the 6.9 mm continuum only. The 1.3 cm
source of BI seems to be a disk-like flattened structure with a size of about
50 AU. IRAS 4BI does not show any sign of multiplicity. Examinations of
archival infrared images show that the dominating emission feature in this
region is a bright peak in the southern outflow driven by BI, corresponding to
the molecular hydrogen emission source HL 9a. Both BI and BII are undetectable
in the mid-IR bands. The upper limit on the far-IR flux of IRAS 4BII suggests
that it may be a very low luminosity young stellar object.Comment: To appear in the JKA
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