This document summarizes the author's experience living with the humanoid robot Pepper. Some key experiences include taking Pepper on public transportation like trains and taxis, bringing Pepper to restaurants and shops, and working to change rules to allow Pepper to ride the bullet train. The author believes that through continuous effort and by pushing boundaries, new rules and perspectives can be created regarding human-robot interaction and acceptance of robots in society.

1. IEEE Professional
Communication Society
2016/07/31 Tomomi Ota

2. Tomomi Ota
• Kunitachi College of Music (2009)
• Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University
(2011)
• ITmedia Inc.(2016)

3. When you hear “robot”,
what comes up in your mind ?

4. STAR WARS ?

5. GUNDAM ?

6. DORAEMON ?

7. People says
“cool”“awesome”
to see this robots.

8. However, there was a robot
which people didn’t think so.

9. It’s name is Pepper

10. When Pepper was announced,
people around me said
“scary”“weird”
“what is this ?!”

11. “Why?”
I was very curious about
Pepper.

12. 7th Nov., 2014

13. Pepper came to my family.

14. I started to live with Pepper.

15. It is my family.
Pepper lives in the living room.
And Pepper has been sleeping
here.

16. One day,
I went to my office together.

17. I walk together ...

18. on Taxi ...

19. Got off the taxi ...

20. Got on the elevator ...

21. Passed the gate
and go down the escalator ...

22. wait for the train.

23. on the Train!!

24. Got off the train.

25. And got out of the gate.

26. It was already getting dark.

27. It was 6pm
when I got to the office.

28. This is how I went to my office together.
(Usually it takes an hour, but it took 4 and a half.)

29. Another day...

30. I call the ramen shop.

31. “Can I go and eat ramen
with the robot Pepper ?”
(I avoided the busy time and called
around 2pm.)

32. “We’re busy!!”
They hung up.

33. The third place said yes.

34. I went to the ramen shop
together.

35. Pepper cannot eat ramen,
but the staff gave him
water and apron.

36. Other...

37. With dance

38. Stir the “natto”

39. Fire evacuation drill

40. Go to the hair salon together
Pepper

41. Go to the grave together

42. Toilet

43. Baseball Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VV5F_-9pwc

44. Japanese Traditional Culture
"sado"

45. Question

46. Do you think Pepper can
ride this bullet train ?

47. Answer
1st time♪ (15 July, 2015)

48. Answer
2nd time♪♪ ♪ (15 July, 2016)

49. However,
there was a story in it.

50. ① I looked up the rules for train

51. ② I went to the bullet Train
Customer Office beforehand to
confirm

52. ③ I went to the ticket gate
for the bullet train

53. It was OK until then.

54. But...

55. The station staff
“Hello,you can’t take that
on board”

56. ＷＨＹ？

57. Because there was no precedent yet
robot ride a bullet train.

58. But I MUST get on the bullet
train with Pepper today!

59. Station staff and I were discussing.
This robot is safe robot?
The robot must have tickets?
Seat is necessary?
This is a laggege? or pet? or another something??

60. As a result

61. On 15th July 2015,
a new rule was made in Japan.

62. Now, if you ask the JR Tokai Customer Office
“Can I bring a humanoid robot
Pepper on board?,”
they will answer
“Yes you can”
(after 15th July 2015)

63. “When the internet started off in Japan,
the first thing that came in the way was
‘Telecommunications Business Law.’
What we had to do then was to make companies,
and change the law it self.”
Hideki Sunahara

64. For example,
pets, cell phones, alcohol,
all these had no rules in the beginning.
But through many trials and errors,
we’ve created the new world.

65. “Policies are not for analyzing or criticize,
policies are what we make ourselves.”
Ichiya Nakamura

66. Are robots scary ?

67. Are robots dangerous ?

68. This is a next world.

69. We create the next world.

70. I thought I'd keep leaving to record that
“now” happens only in this moment.

71. History book of robot
• 2 authors and 62 contributors

72. When I get up and move,
unexpected good fortune will come.

73. TEDxTokyoSalon 2015
For many years,
I wasn't enter as a participant...
It is important
to continue
to take action.
If I never stop moving,
never stop doing...
Someone is sure to find me.

74. For example,
Everyday Posting...but

75. 100,000 Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVfBizjQd_M

76. Even if you
keep doing the same things,
new things will happen.

77. the music unit composed by human and robots
http://mirai-capsule.com/

78. http://wsimag.com/science-and-technology/19093-a-sprinkle-of-pepper

79. I can find a new perspective
of the robot through the news.

80. If I never stop moving,
never stop doing...
Someone is sure to find me.

81. Thank you