Abstract
In this paper we introduce our life-size talking head robotic system, Mask-bot, developed to support human-robot communication research. The physical system consists of a semitransparent face mask, a portable LED projector with a fish-eye conversion lens, a pan-tilt unit and a mounting base. Mask-bot uses the mask as a screen for a talking head animation engine that is broadcast from the projector mounted behind the mask. Via this process the head becomes a life-size talking head in real space as opposed to 2D flat screen space or stereo pseudo-3D screen space, affording the means for testing new face models for AV speech synthesis and perception in life-size output without building an actual robotic head.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 111-116 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| State | Published - 2011 |
| Event | 2011 International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing, AVSP 2011 - Volterra, Italy Duration: 1 Sep 2011 → 2 Sep 2011 |
Conference
| Conference | 2011 International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing, AVSP 2011 |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Volterra |
| Period | 1/09/11 → 2/09/11 |
Keywords
- 3D face model
- AV speech synthesis
- face animation
- humanoid robot
- robotic head
- talking head