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Main Authors: Sawada, Hiroki, Ohata, Wataru, Tani, Jun
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.15213
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author Sawada, Hiroki
Ohata, Wataru
Tani, Jun
author_facet Sawada, Hiroki
Ohata, Wataru
Tani, Jun
contents The current study investigated possible human-robot kinaesthetic interaction using a variational recurrent neural network model, called PV-RNN, which is based on the free energy principle. Our prior robotic studies using PV-RNN showed that the nature of interactions between top-down expectation and bottom-up inference is strongly affected by a parameter, called the meta-prior, which regulates the complexity term in free energy.The study also compares the counter force generated when trained transitions are induced by a human experimenter and when untrained transitions are induced. Our experimental results indicated that (1) the human experimenter needs more/less force to induce trained transitions when $w$ is set with larger/smaller values, (2) the human experimenter needs more force to act on the robot when he attempts to induce untrained as opposed to trained movement pattern transitions. Our analysis of time development of essential variables and values in PV-RNN during bodily interaction clarified the mechanism by which gaps in actional intentions between the human experimenter and the robot can be manifested as reaction forces between them.
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spellingShingle Human-Robot Kinaesthetic Interaction Based on Free Energy Principle
Sawada, Hiroki
Ohata, Wataru
Tani, Jun
Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction
The current study investigated possible human-robot kinaesthetic interaction using a variational recurrent neural network model, called PV-RNN, which is based on the free energy principle. Our prior robotic studies using PV-RNN showed that the nature of interactions between top-down expectation and bottom-up inference is strongly affected by a parameter, called the meta-prior, which regulates the complexity term in free energy.The study also compares the counter force generated when trained transitions are induced by a human experimenter and when untrained transitions are induced. Our experimental results indicated that (1) the human experimenter needs more/less force to induce trained transitions when $w$ is set with larger/smaller values, (2) the human experimenter needs more force to act on the robot when he attempts to induce untrained as opposed to trained movement pattern transitions. Our analysis of time development of essential variables and values in PV-RNN during bodily interaction clarified the mechanism by which gaps in actional intentions between the human experimenter and the robot can be manifested as reaction forces between them.
title Human-Robot Kinaesthetic Interaction Based on Free Energy Principle
topic Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.15213