The Journal of Korea Robotics Society (로봇학회논문지)

Korea Robotics Society (한국로봇학회)
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Life-like Facial Expression of Mascot-Type Robot Based on Emotional Boundaries

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  • 박정우 (KAIST 전자전산학부 전기 및 전자공학 전공) ;
  • 김우현 (KAIST 전자전산학부 전기 및 전자공학 전공) ;
  • 이원형 (KAIST 전자전산학부 전기 및 전자공학 전공) ;
  • 정명진 (KAIST 전자전산학부 전기 및 전자공학 전공)
  • Received : 2009.09.09
  • Accepted : 2009.11.25
  • Published : 2009.11.30
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Abstract

Nowadays, many robots have evolved to imitate human social skills such that sociable interaction with humans is possible. Socially interactive robots require abilities different from that of conventional robots. For instance, human-robot interactions are accompanied by emotion similar to human-human interactions. Robot emotional expression is thus very important for humans. This is particularly true for facial expressions, which play an important role in communication amongst other non-verbal forms. In this paper, we introduce a method of creating lifelike facial expressions in robots using variation of affect values which consist of the robot's emotions based on emotional boundaries. The proposed method was examined by experiments of two facial robot simulators.

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