• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.282-287
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• 2007

Humanoid and android robots are emerging as a trend shifts from industrial robot to personal robot. So human-robot interaction will increase. Ultimate objective of humanoid and android would be a robot like a human. In this aspect, implementation of robot's facial expression is necessary in making a human-like robot. This paper proposes a dynamic emotion model for a mascot-type robot to display similar facial and more recognizable expressions.

• 디자인융복합연구
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.137-152
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• 2017

본 연구는 실버세대를 위한 컴패니언 로봇의 인터랙션 경험 디자인을 위해 사용자 태스크- 로봇 기능 적합도 매핑에 기반한 로봇 유형 분석과 멀티모달 대화 인터랙션에서의 로봇 감정표현 연구를 수행하였다. 노인의 니즈 분석을 위해 노인과 자원 봉사자를 대상으로 FGI, 에스노그래피를 진행하였으며 로봇 지원 기능과 엑추에이터 매칭을 통해 로봇 기능 조합 유형에 대한 분석을 하였다. 도출된 4가지 유형의 로봇 중 표정 기반 대화형 로봇 유형으로 프로토타이핑을 하였으며 에크만의 얼굴 움직임 부호화 시스템(Facial Action Coding System: FACS)을 기반으로 6가지 기본 감정에 대한 표정을 시각화하였다. 사용자 실험에서는 로봇이 전달하는 정보의 정서코드에 맞게 로봇의 표정이 변화할 때와 로봇이 인터랙션 사이클을 자발적으로 시작할 때 사용자의 인지와 정서에 미치는 영향을 이야기 회상 검사(Story Recall Test: STR)와 표정 감정 분석 소프트웨어 Emotion API로 검증하였다. 실험 결과, 정보의 정서코드에 맞는 로봇의 표정 변화 그룹이 회상 검사에서 상대적으로 높은 기억 회상률을 보였다. 한편 피험자의 표정 분석에서는 로봇의 감정 표현과 자발적인 인터랙션 시작이 피험자들에게 정서적으로 긍정적 영향을 주고 선호되는 것을 확인하였다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.281-288
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• 2009

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.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.264-272
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• 2022

Human-robot cooperative tasks are increasingly required in our daily life with the development of robotics and artificial intelligence technology. Interactive reinforcement learning strategies suggest that robots learn task by receiving feedback from an experienced human trainer during a training process. However, most of the previous studies on Interactive reinforcement learning have required an extra feedback input device such as a mouse or keyboard in addition to robot itself, and the scenario where a robot can interactively learn a task with human have been also limited to virtual environment. To solve these limitations, this paper studies training strategies of robot that learn table balancing tasks interactively using deep reinforcement learning with human's facial expression feedback. In the proposed system, the robot learns a cooperative table balancing task using Deep Q-Network (DQN), which is a deep reinforcement learning technique, with human facial emotion expression feedback. As a result of the experiment, the proposed system achieved a high optimal policy convergence rate of up to 83.3% in training and successful assumption rate of up to 91.6% in testing, showing improved performance compared to the model without human facial expression feedback.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.562-567
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• 2009

얼굴 표정은 사람의 감정을 전달하는 핵심 메커니즘으로 이를 적절하게 활용할 경우 Robotics의 HRI(Human Robot Interface)와 같은 Human Computer Interaction에서 큰 역할을 수행할 수 있다. 이는 HCI(Human Computing Interface)에서 사용자의 감정 상태에 대응되는 다양한 반응을 유도할 수 있으며, 이를 통해 사람의 감정을 통해 로봇과 같은 서비스 에이전트가 사용자에게 제공할 적절한 서비스를 추론할 수 있도록 하는 핵심요소가 된다. 본 논문에서는 얼굴표정에서의 감정표현을 인식하기 위한 방법으로 FACS(Facial Action Coding System)와 AAM(Active Appearance Model)을 이용한 특징 추출과 Bayesian Network 기반 표정 추론 기법이 융합된 얼굴표정 인식 시스템의 개발에 대한 내용을 제시한다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2006

The emotional interface is essential technology for the robot to provide the proper service to the user. In this research, we developed emotional components for the service robot such as a neural network based facial expression recognizer, emotion expression technologies based on 3D graphical face expression and joints movements, considering a user's reaction, behavior selection technology for emotion expression. We used our humanoid robots, AMI and AMIET as the test-beds of our emotional interface. We researched on the emotional interaction between a service robot and a user by integrating the developed technologies. Emotional interface technology for the service robot, enhance the performance of friendly interaction to the service robot, to increase the diversity of the service and the value-added of the robot for human. and it elevates the market growth and also contribute to the popularization of the robot. The emotional interface technology can enhance the performance of friendly interaction of the service robot. This technology can also increase the diversity of the service and the value-added of the robot for human. and it can elevate the market growth and also contribute to the popularization of the robot.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.119-130
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• 2021

This study investigated the effects of the chatbot's level of anthropomorphism - closeness to the human form - and its self-disclosure - delivery of emotional exchange with the chatbot through its facial expressions and chatting message on the user's intention to accept the service. A 2 (anthropomorphism: High vs. Low) × 2 (self-disclosure through facial expressions: High vs. Low) × 2 (self-disclosure through conversation: High vs. Low) between-subject factorial design was employed for this study. An online survey was conducted and a total of 234 questionnaires were used in the analysis. The results showed that consumers used chatbot service more when emotions were disclosed through facial expressions, than when it disclosed fewer facial expressions. There was statistically significant interaction effect, indicating the relationship between chatbot's self-disclosure through facial expression and the consumers' intention to use chatbot service differs depending on the extent of anthropomorphism. In the case of "robot chatbots" with low anthropomorphism levels, there was no difference in intention to use chatbot service depending on the level of self-disclosure through facial expression. When the "human-like chatbot" with high anthropomorphism levels discloses itself more through facial expressions, consumer's intention to use the chatbot service increased much more than when the human-like chatbot disclosed fewer facial expressions. The findings suggest that chatbots' self-disclosure plays an important role in the formation of consumer perception.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국HCI학회 2008년도 학술대회 1부
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• pp.540-546
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• 2008

미래에는 로봇이 사람의 감정 상태를 이해하거나 적절하게 자신의 행동을 표현하는 기능은 중요해 질 것이다. 사람간의 교류에서 메세지의 93%가 행동 표현에 있으며, 바디 랭귀지는 감정의 양을 표현하므로 행동 표현은 중요한 감정 표현 수단이다. 최근의 로봇들은 얼굴, 제스처, LED, 소리 등의 복합적 방법을 이용하여 사람과 교류하고 있지만 포즈는 위치와 방위, 얼굴이나 제스처는 속도, 말이나 색 풍은 시간에 대한 정보가 필요하기 때문에 하나의 모델로 통합하거나 동기화 시키기 어렵다. 한편 작은 세기의 감정에서, 얼굴은 쉽게 표현이 가능하지만 제스처는 표현이 힘들다. 또한 기존의 감정 경계는 같은 형태와 크기를 가지거나, HHI 분야에 국한되어 연구되어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 정서 공간에서 감정의 경계를 어떻게 정의할 것이며, 복합적 표현 방법을 시스템적으로 어떻게 동기화할 수 있을지를 제안한다.

• 산업공학
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.174-180
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• 2006

This paper deals with the robot system of recognizing human's expression from a detected human's face and then showing human's emotion. A face detection method is as follows. First, change RGB color space to CIElab color space. Second, extract skin candidate territory. Third, detect a face through facial geometrical interrelation by face filter. Then, the position of eyes, a nose and a mouth which are used as the preliminary data of expression, he uses eyebrows, eyes and a mouth. In this paper, the change of eyebrows and are sent to a robot through serial communication. Then the robot operates a motor that is installed and shows human's expression. Experimental results on 10 Persons show 78.15% accuracy.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.735-742
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• 2007

The importance of the interaction capability of a robot increases as the application of a robot is extended to a human's daily life. In this paper, a portable mediate interface Handybot is developed with various interaction channels to be used with an intelligent home service robot. The Handybot has a task-oriented channel of an icon language as well as a verbal interface. It also has an emotional interaction channel that recognizes a user's emotional state from facial expression and speech, transmits that state to the robot, and expresses the robot's emotional state to the user. It is expected that the Handybot will reduce spatial problems that may exist in human-robot interactions, propose a new interaction method, and help creating rich and continuous interactions between human users and robots.