TY - GEN
T1 - Towards robotic facial mimicry
T2 - 19th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2010
AU - Mayer, Christoph
AU - Sosnowski, Stefan
AU - Kühnlenz, Kolja
AU - Radig, Bernd
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We introduce a facial mimicry system, which combines facial expression analysis and synthesis on a robot, utilizing the facial action coding system. The activation of action units on a user's face is automatically extracted from a video stream and mapped to the robot, thus mirroring the facial expression. As a novel approach, a user study quantifies the congruence of the initial human facial expression with the robotic facial expression. The evaluation shows that the robotic facial expression is perceived to be close to the human facial expression, from which it is derived. This is a fundamental aspect for a mimicry system, providing a basis for future research on empathy and emotional closed loop control.
AB - We introduce a facial mimicry system, which combines facial expression analysis and synthesis on a robot, utilizing the facial action coding system. The activation of action units on a user's face is automatically extracted from a video stream and mapped to the robot, thus mirroring the facial expression. As a novel approach, a user study quantifies the congruence of the initial human facial expression with the robotic facial expression. The evaluation shows that the robotic facial expression is perceived to be close to the human facial expression, from which it is derived. This is a fundamental aspect for a mimicry system, providing a basis for future research on empathy and emotional closed loop control.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649811811&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ROMAN.2010.5598629
DO - 10.1109/ROMAN.2010.5598629
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649811811
SN - 9781424479917
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
SP - 198
EP - 203
BT - 19th International Symposium in Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2010
Y2 - 12 September 2010 through 15 September 2010
ER -