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Evaluation of the Facial Expressions of a Humanoid Robot

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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (Living Machines 2019)

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Facial expressions are salient social features that crucial in communication, and humans are capable of reading the messages faces convey and the emotions they display. Robots that interact with humans will need to employ similar communication channels for successful interactions. Here, we focus on the readability of the facial expressions of a humanoid robot. We conducted an online survey where participants evaluated emotional stimuli and assessed the robot’s expressions. Results suggest that the robot’s facial expressions are correctly recognised and the appraisal of the robots expressive elements are consistent with the literature.

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  1. The Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems group SPECS, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain

    Vasiliki Vouloutsi, Klaudia Grechuta & Paul F. M. J. Verschure

  2. Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain

    Vasiliki Vouloutsi, Klaudia Grechuta & Paul F. M. J. Verschure

  3. Catalan Institute of Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain

    Paul F. M. J. Verschure

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  1. University of Bath, Bath, UK

    Uriel Martinez-Hernandez

  2. SPECS, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

    Vasiliki Vouloutsi

  3. SPECS, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

    Anna Mura

  4. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Michael Mangan

  5. Osaka University, Suita, Japan

    Minoru Asada

  6. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Tony J. Prescott

  7. SPECS, ICREA, BIST, Barcelona, Spain

    Paul F.M.J. Verschure

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Vouloutsi, V., Grechuta, K., Verschure, P.F.M.J. (2019). Evaluation of the Facial Expressions of a Humanoid Robot. In: Martinez-Hernandez, U., et al. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11556. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24741-6_39

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