The driving agents considered thus far have aimed at navigating the driver’s attention while driving, for example, using interactions through linguistic conversations. Therefore, in this study, to investigate such a role in automatic driving from the perspective of nonverbal communication focusing on physicality (e.g., head movements and eye gaze), we constructed a driving agent called NAMIDA, along with its physical properties, as a research platform to investigate the role of nonverbal communication. We conducted a cognitive experiment on attention guidance, focusing on “gaze direction,” i.e., the movement of the eyes of NAMIDA. As a result, we confirmed that the attention of the participants is attracted by such eye-gaze movements of “NAMIDA,” which become a “cue” to exploring the surroundings.

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