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Design and fabrication of a floating social robot: CeB the social blimp
, Article 13th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2021, 10 November 2021 through 13 November 2021 ; Volume 13086 LNAI , 2021 , Pages 660-670 ; 03029743 (ISSN) ; 9783030905248 (ISBN) ; Nemati, A ; Meghdari, A. F ; Ge, S. S ; Taheri, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
2021
Abstract
Robotic blimps have a wide range of applications, such as monitoring activities in their surroundings, advertising, and performing on stages. They also have remarkable capacities to be used as a social robot. In this research, a manually operated social robotic blimp has been developed intending to interact with children as a social agent and attract adults’ attention as an entertainer in indoor public environments. Since the appearance of a social robot has a significant impact on its acceptance, first, we acquired opinions of several participants on the shape of a desired floating robot. The results revealed that a simple spherical structure adequately draws people’s attention. After...