EDDIE - An Emotion Display with Dynamic Intuitive Expressions

EDDIE, a novel mechatronical emotion-display designed for dynamic non-verbal human-robot interaction is presented. A special feature are dynamic and realistic emotional state transitions. Therefore, the emotional state-space based on the circumplex model of affect is directly mapped to joint space. The display is largely developed and manufactured in a rapid-prototyping process. Only miniature off-the-shelf mechatronic components are used providing high functionality at low cost.