Mathematical modeling of robot-rat interaction for the analysis and modification of rat sociality

Author

Shi, Qing ; Ishii, Hiroyuki ; Konno, Shinichiro ; Kinoshita, Shinichi ; Takanishi, Atsuo ; Okabayashi, Satoshi ; Iida, Naritoshi ; Kimura, Hiroshi

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

7-12 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

120

Lastpage

125

Abstract

This paper proposes the use of a specific mathematical model to represent the relationship between rat behavior and sociality (degree of friendliness with the robot) in the robot-rat interaction system. To validate the model, we conducted social interaction test between a rat-like robot and real, live rats. A rat-like robot called WR-4 capable of generating friendly or neutral behaviors among rats serves as partner to the rats in the interaction. Meanwhile, we performed Principal Component Analysis to specify the mathematical model. The experimental results show that this mathematical model allows quantitative estimation of rat sociality. Likewise, the results reveal that rat sociality can be analyzed and modified in this robot-rat interaction system.

Keywords

interactive systems; mobile robots; principal component analysis; psychology; robot dynamics; WR-4; mathematical model; principal component analysis; rat behavior; rat sociality; rat-like robot; robot-rat interaction system; social interaction test; Mathematical model; Mental disorders; Principal component analysis; Rats; Robot kinematics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vilamoura

ISSN

2153-0858

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1737-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IROS.2012.6385536

Filename

6385536