사람들의 나쁜 감정을 해소해주는 로봇 VIDEO: ‘Cathartic objects’ help users physically express strong emotional states


‘Cathartic objects’ help users physically express strong emotional states

These Robotic Objects Are Designed to Be Stabbed and Beaten to Help You Feel Better.


By Ashwini Sakharkar - May 7, 2019


 

A doll-like prototype that laughs in an irritating way/ Photo: Michal Luria


 

사람들의 나쁜 감정을 해소해주는 로봇


카네기멜론대 연구진, HCI컨퍼런스에서 발표

 

   사회 여러 분야에서 경쟁이 치열해지고 인간관계가 복잡해지면서 사람들의 감정도 기복이 심해졌다. 우울함ㆍ슬픔ㆍ분노 등 감정이 다양한 방식으로 소비되고 있지만 때로는 감정을 제어하는 게 쉽지 않다. 이런 감정을 느낄 때마다 맘껏 소리지르고 누군가를 향해 욕을 하고 무언가를 때린다면 나쁜 감정들이 해소될 수 있을까.


‘IEEE 스펙트럼’에 따르면 카네기멜론대 연구진은 우울함, 슬픔, 분노 등 나쁜 감정을 풀어주는 로봇을 개발하고 최근 영국 글래스고에서 열린 HCI상호작용 컨퍼런스(ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)에서 발표했다.




이 로봇은 사람들의 쌓인 감정을 플어주기 위해 때리고, 찌르고, 욕을 할 수 있도록 고안됐다. 마치 사람들이 우울감이나 분노를 떨치기 위해 샌드백을 주먹으로 한참 치고 나면 기분이 좀 풀리는 것과 비슷한 이치다. 다만 샌드백과 다른 점은 로봇이 반응을 한다는 것이다. 연구팀은 이 로봇이 나쁜 감정을 배설할 수 있다는 의미에서 ‘캐타르틱 오브젝트(cathartic object)’라는 이름을 붙였다.


연구팀은 4종류의 오브젝트(로봇)을 제작했다. 기괴한 웃음을 짓는 로봇을 몇 번이고 내팽개치면 로봇이 웃음을 그친다거나, 고슴도치처럼 생긴 로봇에 막대기를 꽂으면 몸을 흔들다가 막대기를 빼면 동작을 그친다. 한바탕 욕을 해주면 반응하는 로봇도 있다. 아래 동영상을 보면 개념을 이해할 수 있다.

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Technologies are now fully involved in every part of your life. It can also help us to replace our negative feelings with positive ones. Everyone knows that our positive and negative thoughts influence every single thing in our lives. But what if you want to act on your feelings like anger, sadness, or anxiety- And that too without hurting others?


Addressing this problem, the researchers at Carnegie Mellon University created four objects that are designed to deal with a wide range of emotions and behaviors. These four objects called “cathartic objects” provide psychological relief to the person through the open expression of strong emotions.


     


The objects are designed to be hit, stabbed and even sworn at. The researcher Michal Luria is presenting a paper on “Challenges of Designing HCI for Negative Emotions” at the 2019 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems that was held this month in Glasgow.


Luria and co-authors Amit Zoran and Jodi Forlizzi point out that technology tends to try and handle negative emotions by attempting to “fix” them immediately.


This device senses when you poke it with a sharp object


What are these Cathartic objects?

The first object that the team designed, looks like a daily black soft pillow, but it is for stabbing with the sharp objects. When too many objects are inserted, it begi

ns to shake and keep shaking until the user removes all the objects. Another object looks like a crystal and allows a user to verbally express frustration through cursing. The object recognizes cursing words, “absorbs” them, and “re-purposes” them as light energy.


Next Cathartic object is a doll-like prototype that laughs in an irritable, “Tickle Me Elmo” way and only stops laughing after the user starts to hit him on the surface. And the last one allows the user to write a personal message on a ceramic tile and then completely destroy it with a hammer. As the plate breaks, the object begins to emit light and sound.




Suppressing the anger can be dangerous!

The patients are always warned by the Psychologists that suppressing or controlling the anger can be dangerous. But it is unclear whether punching a punching bag, pouring out obscene words, or beating one of these “covers” can do a lot of good.

https://www.techexplorist.com/cathartic-objects-help-users-physically-express-strong-emotional-states/22889


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