Expression transmission using exaggerated animation for Elfoid.
We propose an expression transmission system using a cellular-phone-type teleoperated robot called Elfoid. Elfoid has a soft exterior that provides the look and feel of human skin, and is designed to transmit the speaker's presence to their communication partner using a camera and microphone. To transmit the speaker's presence, Elfoid sends not only the voice of the speaker but also the facial expression captured by the camera. In this research, facial expressions are recognized using a machine learning technique. Elfoid cannot, however, display facial expressions because of its compactness and a lack of sufficiently small actuator motors. To overcome this problem, facial expressions are displayed using Elfoid's head-mounted mobile projector. In an experiment, we built a prototype system and experimentally evaluated it's subjective usability.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University Tottori, Japan.
Maiya
M
Hori
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University Tottori, Japan.
Yu
Y
Tsuruda
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University Tottori, Japan.
Hiroki
H
Yoshimura
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University Tottori, Japan.
Yoshio
Y
Iwai
communication robot; expression transmission; human robot interaction; mobile phone; teleoperated robot