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EMERGENT DESIGN OF SOCIAL ROBOT CLOTHES FOR
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION
Waki Kamino, Selma Šabanovi�c, Swapna Joshi @ R-House HRI Lab, Indiana University Bloomington
RESEARCH QUESTION
What could robot clothes be ? - beyond
merely practical use for human-robot
interaction.
METHDOLOGY
1. observation of LOVOT clothing products
2. observation of user practice of clothing
by LOVOT users (Twitter content analysis:
N=154, in Japanese)
3. designing clothes for social robot Haru
LOVOT COMMERCIAL CLOTHES
• various fashion products available
• most clothing items are digitally
interactive [2,3]
Clothes for:
• ludic interaction
• morphology
• seasonal & cultural practice
• DIY
REFLECTION
• vast potential for ludic human-
robot interactions using clothes
• robot clothing integrated into
cultural / social practices by
users
OUCH!
YEAH!!
(Sakura dance)
(Disco Haru)
WELL DONE!
I LIKE IT!
WHAT DO YOU
WANNA WEAR
TODAY?
TO BE OR
NOT TO BE...
Clothes for daily interaction
ONCE UPON
A TIME...
DESIGNING CLOTHES
FOR HARU
Haru robot
• multi-modal, multi-functional
desktop robot from Honda
Research Institute
• clothing ideas for Haru
based on themes/concpets
emerged from 1&2
LOVOT CLOTHES USER PRACTICE
•various commercial & handmade items
used by LOVOT users
• resulting in highly individualized looks
Clothes for:
• expression of robot identity
(e.g., handmade name tag)
• attractiveness & affection
(e.g., “You look cute!” )
Haru robot
developed to engage
in social activities
e.g., tele-presence
communication, and
playful interaction
[1]
mandatory
“base wear”
Zoomorphic
clothes
1. LOVOT
product example
Cultural clothes
(aloha shirt &
casual kimono)
DIY shirt
2. LOVOT
Twitter images
(Storytelling
character)
ROAR!
(Zoomorphic)
MEOW!
Clothes to trigger themed-behavior
GENTLY
PLEASE!
FUTURE WORK
• prototyping of clothes
for robot
• user study to examine
the effects of different
clothes in HRI
REFERENCE
[1] Randy Gomez. 2020. Meet Haru, the UnassumingBig-Eyed
Robot Helping Researchers Study SocialRobotics. (Feb.
2020).https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-rob
ots/honda-research-institute-haru-social-robotpublisher: IEEE.
[2] GROOVE X Inc. 2019. About goods and accessories
–LOVOT. (05 2019).https://help.lovot.life/other/accessories/
[3] GROOVE X Inc. 2020. LOVOT. (06
2020).https://lovot.life/en/
Cultural dresses that make
Haru dance
Clothes to transform Haru body into
haptic interface
