Vimolmongkolporn, Vitvasin https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9697-1991
Iwasaki, Yukiko
Kato, Fumihiro
Iwata, Hiroyasu
Funding for this research was provided by:
JST ERATO (JPMJER1701)
Article History
Received: 7 November 2023
Revised: 7 November 2023
Accepted: 12 November 2023
First Online: 14 November 2024
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The research presented here fulfills the criteria that determine the absence of need for an ethics review by a guideline of handling research involving human subjects: 1. The study employs solely information that has been de-identified, ensuring that individual participants cannot be singled out. 2. All participants involved in the study are students and laboratory members of the University. Their participation is entirely voluntary, and each participant has given informed consent to be part of the experiment. 3. The research methodology for this study did not include any invasive procedures or methods. During the entire experiment, there was no direct contact between the human body and the robot. Interaction was facilitated using a harness with soft foam sheet that ensured the participants not felt uncomfortable (No uncomfortable is reported from all of participants). The weight of robot is 850 g and harness is 3.5 kg, respectively.