Title :
Fabrication of simple robot face regarding experimental results of human facial expressions
Author :
Takahashi, Yoshihiko ; Hatakeyama, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Design Eng./Vehicle Syst. Eng., Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Atsugi
Abstract :
A new care taking system using a simplified robot face has been developed. Patientspsila health care data can be stored on a personal computer and the robotic system can take various actions depending on the stored data. For example, it can tell a patient when it is time to take his or her medication or alert them if they fail to take their medication at the appropriate time. The robotic system communicates with patients using facial expressions, a voice communication system and a computer monitor. A robotic face was designed using simple mechanisms in order to produce a low cost system. The facial impressions of the simplified robot have been categorized by surveying over 500 people. In this paper, experiments on human facial expressions are conducted in order to improve our simplified robot face used for the care taking system, and the simple robot face is fabricated according to the experimental results.
Keywords :
face recognition; geriatrics; health care; humanoid robots; medical robotics; patient care; robot vision; service robots; Patient health care; care taking system; computer monitor; human facial expression; personal computer; simplified robot face; voice communication system; Automotive engineering; Design engineering; Fabrication; Face; Humans; Medical robotics; Robotics and automation; Robots; Senior citizens; Systems engineering and theory; Care taking system; facial expressions; robot face; robotic system;
Conference_Titel :
Control, Automation and Systems, 2008. ICCAS 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-89-950038-9-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-89-93215-01-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICCAS.2008.4694495
