Application of the FACS in the design and construction of a mechatronic head with realistic appearance

  1. Loza, David
  2. Marcos Pablos, Samuel
  3. Zalama Casanova, Eduardo
  4. Gómez García-Bermejo, Jaime
  5. González Fraile, José Luis
Journal:
JoPha: Journal of Physical Agents

ISSN: 1888-0258

Year of publication: 2013

Issue Title: Special issue on advances on physical agents

Volume: 7

Issue: 1

Pages: 5

Type: Article

DOI: 10.14198/JOPHA.2013.7.1.05 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

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Abstract

The growing demand for service robots requires a better and more natural human-machine interaction. Given that an important part of human communication is non-verbal , it is necessary to endow robots with gestural communication capabilities similar to humans. This paper describes the de sign and construction of a realistic, mechatronic head with high gesture capacity. The proposed design is based on the human anatomy and the facial expressions are defined through the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). The paper shows the implementation details of the mechatronic head and the way a set of servomotors can generate the basic action units of FA CS as well as the basic and more complex emotional gestures