Pilot Study on Robot's Open Diary to Deepen Friendships with a Child and Promote Communication between a Child and People

Abstract

We propose a concept of the open diary drawing behavior of a robot living with a child. In our concept, a robot acts together with a child and draws a diary about the memories of a day. Also, it shares the diary with other people such as parents, grandparents, and community members. The purposes of the open diary are to deepen friendships with a child and to promote communication between the child and people. Today, people lose touch with each other due to social change. We believe the robot's open diary is one of the solutions to this problem. In this study, we conducted two preliminary experiments to show the potential and the design principle of the open diary. The diary about memories of what a robot learned from a child pleased the child. Also, when the robot drew a humorous diary, people could enjoy the diary together.