TY - GEN
T1 - Emotion transmission system using a cellular phone-type teleoperated robot with a mobile projector
AU - Tsuruda, Yu
AU - Hori, Maiya
AU - Yoshimura, Hiroki
AU - Iwai, Yoshio
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - We propose an emotion transmission system using a cellular phone-type teleoperated robot with a mobile projector. Elfoid has a soft exterior that provides the look and feel of human skin and is designed to transmit a speaker's presence to their communication partner using a camera and microphone. To transmit the speaker's presence, Elfoid transmits not only the voice of the speaker but also their facial expression as captured by the camera. In this research, facial expressions are recognized by a machine learning technique. Elfoid cannot, however, physically display facial expressions because of its compactness and a lack of sufficiently small actuator motors. The recognized facial expressions are displayed using a mobile projector installed in Elfoid's head to convey emotions. We build a prototype system and experimentally evaluate its subjective usability.
AB - We propose an emotion transmission system using a cellular phone-type teleoperated robot with a mobile projector. Elfoid has a soft exterior that provides the look and feel of human skin and is designed to transmit a speaker's presence to their communication partner using a camera and microphone. To transmit the speaker's presence, Elfoid transmits not only the voice of the speaker but also their facial expression as captured by the camera. In this research, facial expressions are recognized by a machine learning technique. Elfoid cannot, however, physically display facial expressions because of its compactness and a lack of sufficiently small actuator motors. The recognized facial expressions are displayed using a mobile projector installed in Elfoid's head to convey emotions. We build a prototype system and experimentally evaluate its subjective usability.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-07230-2_67
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-07230-2_67
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84903165427
SN - 9783319072296
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 707
EP - 714
BT - Human-Computer Interaction
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques, HCI International 2014
Y2 - 22 June 2014 through 27 June 2014
ER -