Demonstration Experiment on Elevator Robots: Providing Information and Fostering Relationships Among Users

As part of their research and development, a demonstration experiment will be conducted from Friday, May 8 to Friday, May 22. They will install interactive robots in an elevator at Keihanna Plaza (Seika-cho, Kyoto Prefecture) to explore their impact on human-to-human interactions and the relationship between people and their communities.

Conductors

• Takahisa Uchida, Research Scientist of the Interactive Robot Research Team (Assistant Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University)
• Takashi Minato, Team Director of the Interactive Robot Research Team

For further information (in Japanese)

• Press release main text(Osaka University, RIKEN, Keihanna Co., Ltd. and Kyoto Prefecture)
• News from Osaka University
• News from RIKEN