Title :
Towards retro-projected robot faces: An alternative to mechatronic and android faces
Author :
Delaunay, Frédéric ; De Greeff, Joachim ; Belpaeme, Tony
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Commun. & Electron., Univ. of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
fDate :
Sept. 27 2009-Oct. 2 2009
Abstract :
This paper presents a new implementation of a robot face using retro-projection of a video stream onto a semitransparent facial mask. The technology is contrasted against mechatronic robot faces, of which Kismet is a typical example, and android robot faces, as used on the Ishiguro robots. The paper highlights the strengths of Retro-projected Animated Faces (RAF) technology (with cost, flexibility and robustness being notably strong) and discusses potential developments.
Keywords :
computer animation; human-robot interaction; video streaming; Ishiguro robot; android robot face; human-robot interaction; mechatronic robot face; retro-projected animated face technology; retro-projected robot face; semitransparent facial mask; video stream; Costs; Eyes; Face; Facial animation; Facial features; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Mechatronics; Mouth; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2009. RO-MAN 2009. The 18th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toyama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5081-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9445
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326314
