Yousu: A mythical character robot design for public scene interaction

With the advancement of interactive technology in the information age, the problem of "visual blindness" in the field of display design has become increasingly prevalent in public scene interaction design. Therefore, it has become crucial to address how new forms of interaction and interaction scenes can be adopted to attract the public. In the context of robotics' continuous development, robots are playing an increasingly prominent role as interactive subjects in public scene interaction experiences. In new fields such as digital entertainment, spatial experience, and new media art, various typical scenes of robot interaction have emerged. In this study, a window robot named "Yousu" was developed based on an ancient Chinese mythological character and deployed in the window of a bookstore in Beijing. A user experiment was conducted to investigate how to design a reasonable and effective character robot interaction in public scenes to enhance the interaction scenes' attractiveness.