Expressive robot performance based on facial motion captureShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH, International Speech Communication Association , 2021, p. 2165-2166Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The Furhat robot is a social robot that uses facial projection technology to achieve a high degree of expressivity and flexibility. In this demonstration, we will present new features that takes this facial expressiveness further. A new face engine for the robot is presented which not only drastically improves the visual fidelity of the face and the eyes, it also adds increased flexibility when it comes to designing new robotic characters as well as modifying existing ones. Most importantly, we will present a new toolset and a workflow that allows users to record their own face motion and incorporate them into skills (i.e. custom robot applications) as gestures, prompts or entire canned performances.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
International Speech Communication Association , 2021. p. 2165-2166
Keywords [en]
Facial animation, Human-robot interaction, Motion capture, Social robotics, Robot applications, Robotics, Speech communication, Facial expressiveness, Facial motion capture, Humans-robot interactions, Performance based, Projection technology, Robot performance, Social robots, Human robot interaction
National Category
Language Technology (Computational Linguistics)
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-313380Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85119215173OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-313380DiVA, id: diva2:1663970
Conference
22nd Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2021, 30 August 2021 through 3 September 2021
Note
QC 20220603
part of proceedings ISBN 9781713836902
2022-06-032022-06-032022-06-25Bibliographically approved