Title :
Development of seahorse robot capable of expressing happiness, sadness and anger
Author :
Sayama, Keisuke ; Suzuki, Yuki ; Lim, Hun-ok
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Kanagawa Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes the mechanism and the control system of a seahorse robot that is able to express happiness, sadness and anger. MP motion sensors (Pyroelectric Motion Detection Sensor), force sensors, and color sensors are employed to express emotion. The seahorse robot consists of a base, a body and a head. It has 4 DOFs (2 DOFs in the head and 2 DOFs in the body) and it weighs 800 [g]. Emotion expression experiments are conducted to confirm the mechanism and the control system of the robot and are evaluated by ten subjects. After they watch the body color and motion), they select one of five emotions. The effectiveness of the mechanism and the control of the robot are verified through emotion experiments.
Keywords :
colour; emotion recognition; force sensors; microcontrollers; mobile robots; pyroelectric detectors; robot programming; 4 DOF; MP motion sensors; anger; body color; body motion; color sensors; control system; emotion experiments; emotion expression experiments; force sensors; happiness; pyroelectric motion detection sensor; robot control; sadness; seahorse robot; Color; Humanoid robots; Humans; Light emitting diodes; Robot sensing systems; Force sensor; color sensor; emotion expression; mechanism; motion sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), 2011 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gyeonggi-do
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0835-0
