Audience Robot Control System Adapted to Presenter' Skills for Presentation Practice

Abstract

During a presentation, the presenter needs to modify his/her own presentation style by observing the audience's reactions. To cultivate this skill, we have developed an audience robot that reacts according to the presenter' presentation style. The robot senses the presenter's non-verbal expressions and reacts according to their quality. However, since there are multiple non-verbal expressions, it is difficult for the presenter to modify all the non-verbal expressions at once. The objective of this research is to develop a system that adjusts the recommended non-verbal expressions so that the presenter can practice multiple non-verbal expressions step by step according to his/her presentation skills. The system uses the robot's sensors to grasp the skill of each non-verbal expression of the presenter. The presenter is given the non-verbal expressions to be practiced, and the robot is controlled to sense only those non-verbal expressions so that only the non-verbal expressions to be practiced can be practiced.