Title :
Design and development of Nancy, a social robot
Author :
Ge, S.S. ; Cabibihan, J.J. ; Zhang, Z. ; Li, Yuhua ; Meng, C. ; He, H. ; Safizadeh, M.R. ; Li, Y. ; Yang, J.
Author_Institution :
Social Robot. Lab., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
In this paper, we present the design of a social robot, Nancy, which is developed as a platform for engaging social interaction. Targeting for a social, safe, interactive and user-friendly robot mate, the design philosophy of Nancy is presented with mechanical, electrical, artificial skin and software specifications. In particular, there are 32 degrees of freedom (DOFs) through the whole body of Nancy, and the social intelligence is implemented based on vision, audio and control subsystems.
Keywords :
artificial intelligence; human-robot interaction; humanoid robots; Nancy; artificial skin specification; audio subsystem; control subsystem; design philosophy; electrical specification; mechanical specification; social intelligence; social interaction; social robot; software specification; user-friendly robot mate; vision subsystem; Cameras; DC motors; Humans; Joints; Robots; Skin; Visualization; Social robot; human-robot interaction; mechanical design;
Conference_Titel :
Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2011 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Incheon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0722-3
DOI :
10.1109/URAI.2011.6145884
