Evaluating Robot Facial Expressions

Aylett, R., Broz, F., Ghosh, A., McKenna, P., Rajendran, G., Foster, M. E. , Roffo, G. and Vinciarelli, A. (2017) Evaluating Robot Facial Expressions. In: 19th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2017), Glasgow, Scotland, 13-17 Nov 2017, pp. 516-517. ISBN 9781450355438 (doi: 10.1145/3136755.3143032)

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Abstract

This paper outlines a demonstration of the work carried out in the SoCoRo project investigating how far a neuro-typical population recognises facial expressions on a non-naturalistic robot face that are designed to show approval and disapproval. RFID-tagged objects are presented to an Emys robot head (called Alyx) and Alyx reacts to each with a facial expression. Participants are asked to put the object in a box marked 'Like' or 'Dislike'. This study is being extended to include assessment of participants' Autism Quotient using a validated questionnaire as a step towards using a robot to help train high-functioning adults with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in social signal recognition.

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Foster, Dr Mary Ellen and Roffo, Dr Giorgio and Vinciarelli, Professor Alessandro
Authors: Aylett, R., Broz, F., Ghosh, A., McKenna, P., Rajendran, G., Foster, M. E., Roffo, G., and Vinciarelli, A.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
Journal Name:Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction - ICMI 2017
Publisher:ACM Press
ISBN:9781450355438

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