Remote Robot Tour Control Using Participant Interest Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
In remote robot systems, particularly for remote sightseeing tours, it is challenging for tour guides to respond appropriately to user interests since they are physically distant from participants, and existing technologies do not effectively detect and feedback user engagement levels.
Innovation Solution
A remote robot system comprising a robot, a first remote terminal for operation, and a second remote terminal for communication, which includes an information output unit, an interest detection unit, and a notification unit. The interest detection unit detects user interest through operation states, utterance states, and attention states, and the notification unit sends this information back to the first terminal to adjust the robot's operation accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the guide and users are physically separated for remote operation, then the robot can be operated remotely, but the guide cannot detect user interest appropriately
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the second remote terminal detects user interest through operation states, utterance states, and attention states, then feeds this information back to the first remote terminal. This allows the guide to receive real-time information about user interest despite physical separation, resolving the contradiction between remote operation capability and user interest detection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an interest detection unit as an intermediary that captures user interest information and transmits it between the user's terminal and the guide's terminal. This intermediary component enables the guide to perceive user interest without requiring physical presence, thus maintaining remote operation while recovering the lost information.
2Measurement precision
If multiple detection methods are implemented to detect user interest, then detection accuracy improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the user interest detection function into three distinct detection methods: operation state detection, utterance state detection, and attention state detection. Each method targets a specific aspect of user interest, and their results are integrated to achieve comprehensive and accurate detection. This segmentation allows the system to maintain high detection accuracy while managing complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The second remote terminal is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a communication device and as an interest detection device. By integrating multiple detection functions (operation, utterance, and attention state detection) into a single terminal, the system achieves comprehensive user interest detection without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
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AI summary
A remote robot system and a method of controlling a remote robot system capable of responding appropriately according to a user are provided. A remote robot system includes: a robot configured to perform a predetermined operation including collection of local information near the robot; a guide terminal capable of remotely operating the operation of the robot; and a participant terminal capable of remotely communicating with the guide terminal, in which the participant terminal includes: a display panel configured to output the local information acquired from the robot to the user; and an interest detection unit configured to detect user's interest in the output local information.