I Show You How I Like You: Emotional Human-Robot Interaction through Facial Expression and Tactile Stimulation

TY - JOUR

T1 - I Show You How I Like You: Emotional Human-Robot Interaction through Facial Expression and Tactile Stimulation

AU - Fredslund, Jakob

AU - Cañamero, Lola D.

PY - 2001

Y1 - 2001

N2 - We report work on a LEGO robot capable of displaying several emo- tional expressions in response to physical contact. Our motivation has been to explore believable emotional exchanges to achieve plausible interaction with a simple robot. We have worked toward this goal in two ways. First, acknowledging the importance of physical manipulation in children's inter- actions, interaction with the robot is through tactile stimulation; the various kinds of stimulation that can elicit the robot's emotions are grounded in a model of emotion activation based on different stimulation patterns. Sec- ond, emotional states need to be clearly conveyed. We have drawn inspira- tion from theories of human basic emotions with associated universal facial expressions, which we have implemented in a caricaturized face. We have conducted experiments on both children and adults to assess the recogniz- ability of these expressions.

AB - We report work on a LEGO robot capable of displaying several emo- tional expressions in response to physical contact. Our motivation has been to explore believable emotional exchanges to achieve plausible interaction with a simple robot. We have worked toward this goal in two ways. First, acknowledging the importance of physical manipulation in children's inter- actions, interaction with the robot is through tactile stimulation; the various kinds of stimulation that can elicit the robot's emotions are grounded in a model of emotion activation based on different stimulation patterns. Sec- ond, emotional states need to be clearly conveyed. We have drawn inspira- tion from theories of human basic emotions with associated universal facial expressions, which we have implemented in a caricaturized face. We have conducted experiments on both children and adults to assess the recogniz- ability of these expressions.

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1083-4427

VL - 31

SP - 454

EP - 459

JO - I E E E Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems & Humans

JF - I E E E Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems & Humans

IS - 5

ER -