DocumentCode
1019144
Title
Heart of a new machine [robot that can express different moods]
Author
Krieger, Kim
Volume
43
Issue
7
fYear
2006
fDate
7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
48
Lastpage
51
Abstract
Graduate students at Carnegie Mellon\´s Entertainment Technology Center has designed a robot that features five different "moods." Called Quasi, the 76-centimeter tall robot is a captivating character that goes beyond the standard animatronic amusement park figures. Quasi can express happiness, sadness, anger, confusion, and embarassment. These moods are conveyed most obviously by the color of its light-emitting-diode eyes and antennae. The moods are controlled by a finite state machine, a software-based behavioral model that triggers certain actions when specific conditions are met.
Keywords
artificial intelligence; control engineering computing; finite state machines; intelligent robots; light emitting diodes; robot vision; Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center; Quasi robot; animatronic amusement park figures; emotion expression; finite state machine; light-emitting-diode eyes; robot antenna; robot moods; software-based behavioral model; Facial animation; Magnetic heads; Robots;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2006.1653005
Filename
1653005
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