RoboJockey: real-time, simultaneous, and continuous creation of robot actions for everyone. Shigeo Yoshida, Takumi Shirokura, Daisuke Sakamoto, Yuta Sugiura, Tetsuo Ono, Masahiko Inami, and Takeo Igarashi
Abstract
We developed the RoboJockey (Robot Jockey) interface for coordinating robot actions, such as dancing, similar to a "disc jockey" or "video jockey" who selects and plays recorded music or video for an audience, in this case, robot’s actions, and giving people a new entertainment experience with robots. The system enables a user to choreograph a robot to dance using a simple visual language. RoboJockey consists of a multi-touch tabletop interface for multi-user collaboration. Every icon on the interface is circular and can be operated from all positions around the tabletop interface. RoboJockey supports two types of robots, a simple mobile robot and a humanoid robot. Users can coordinate the mobile robot’s actions with a combination of back, forward, and rotating movements, and the humanoid robot’s actions with a combination of arm and leg movements. Every action is automatically performed to background music. We demonstrated RoboJockey at a Japanese domestic symposium, and confirmed that people enjoyed using the system and successfully created entertaining robot dances.
概要
本稿ではロボットを扱ったことがないエンドユーザであっても，音楽に同期したロボットのダンス作成を簡単に行うことができるインタフェースの提案を行う．本インタフェースを用いることにより，ロボッ トの動きを作るユーザとそれを鑑賞するユーザという垣根をなくし， 誰もがロボットの動きのデザインに参加できるという 新しいエンタテインメント体験が実現される．ロボットの動作作成には我々が開発したビジュアル言語を用いる．作成された動作（プログラム）はロボット上で即座に反映される．ユーザは継続的に動作作成を行うことができ，また複数のロボットの動作も同時に作成することができる．これらの機能を通して，本インタフェースはユーザに”Robot Jockey”になったような感覚を与えることができると考えている．
”Robot Jockey”とは”Disk Jockey (DJ)”や”Video Jockey (VJ)”のように観客に対してロボットの動作を選び，組み合わせ，楽しませる人のことを指す．
発表文献
Yumiko Nagai, Takeshi Sunaga, Daisuke Sakamoto, Masahiko Inami,
"Activity Based Design for Real-Life Technology",
International Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research 2013 (IASDR Congress 2013), 1910-1, Aug. 26 - 29, Tokyo.
Shigeo Yoshida, Daisuke Sakamoto, Yuta Sugiura, Masahiko Inami, Takeo Igarashi,
"RoboJockey: Robotic Dance Entertainment for All",
The 5th SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia (Siggraph Asia 2012), Emerging Technologies, Singapore, Nov. 28 - Dec. 1.
Takumi Shirokura, Daisuke Sakamoto, Yuta Sugiura, Tetsuo Ono, Masahiko Inami, and Takeo Igarashi,
"RoboJockey: real-time, simultaneous, and continuous creation of robot actions for everyone",
In Adjunct proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '10) Demonstration. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 399-400.
DOI=10.1145/1866218.1866239
Takumi Shirokura, Daisuke Sakamoto, Yuta Sugiura, Tetsuo Ono, Masahiko Inami, and Takeo Igarashi,.
"RoboJockey: real-time, simultaneous, and continuous creation of robot actions for everyone",
In proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE '10), ACM, Nov. 17-19, 2010, Taiwan. Best Paper Silver Award.
国内発表
代蔵巧, 坂本大介, 杉浦裕太, 小野哲雄, 稲見昌彦, 五十嵐健夫,
「RoboJockey: 連続的なロボットパフォーマンスのためのインタフェース」、 インタラクション2010 インタラクティブ発表（プレミアム）, 2009年3月. PDF
