Do you think I approve of that? Designing facial expressions for a robot

Peter Edward McKenna; Mei Yii Lim; Ayan Ghosh; Ruth Aylett; Frank Broz; Gnanathusharan Rajendran

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_19

Do you think I approve of that? Designing facial expressions for a robot

Peter Edward McKenna, Mei Yii Lim, Ayan Ghosh, Ruth Aylett, Frank Broz, Gnanathusharan Rajendran

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Abstract

This paper discusses initial work in robot expressive be-
haviour towards a training system in social signal recognition for high-
functioning adults with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. It discusses a
principled design of four positive and four negative facial expressions for
the EMYS robot head and the design and conduct of a pilot study in the
wild that tested for neuro-typical user recognition of these expressions.
Results showed that recognition varied over the eight expressions, with
some expressions perceived as ambiguous and one positive expression as
negative. Expression type, ordering eects, age, and pre-study training
are identied as important issues.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Robotics
Subtitle of host publication	ICSR 2017
Publisher	Springer
Pages	188-197
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319700229
ISBN (Print)	9783319700212
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_19
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2017
Event	9th International Conference on Social Robotics - Tsukuba, Japan Duration: 22 Nov 2017 → 24 Nov 2017 http://www.icsr2017.org/

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Name	Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Publisher	Springer
Volume	10652
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	9th International Conference on Social Robotics
Abbreviated title	ICSR 2017
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tsukuba
Period	22/11/17 → 24/11/17
Internet address	http://www.icsr2017.org/

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McKenna, PE, Lim, MY, Ghosh, A, Aylett, R, Broz, F & Rajendran, G 2017, Do you think I approve of that? Designing facial expressions for a robot. in Social Robotics : ICSR 2017. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 10652, Springer, pp. 188-197, 9th International Conference on Social Robotics, Tsukuba, Japan, 22/11/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_19

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