Facial expression communication for healthcare androids

Author

Santos, P. ; de Castro Maia, E. ; Goubran, M. ; Petriu, Emil

Author_Institution

Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

4-5 May 2013

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

48

Abstract

This paper presents an experimental android platform for two-way communication between humans and robots in a healthcare environment using facial expressions. A depth and color sensor is used to analyze and map human facial expressions to a standard 3D face model. An android robotic face is then configured to act out the expressions by deforming an elastic skin using servo actuators.

Keywords

face recognition; human-robot interaction; image colour analysis; image sensors; medical robotics; robot vision; android robotic face; color sensor; depth sensor; elastic skin deformation; experimental android platform; facial expression communication; healthcare androids; healthcare environment; human facial expressions; robots; servo actuators; standard 3D face model; two-way communication; Androids; Animation; Face; Humanoid robots; Robot sensing systems; Servomotors; Deformable models; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Gatineau, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5195-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MeMeA.2013.6549703

Filename

6549703