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A Model for an Emotional Respondent Robot

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Advances in Signal Processing and Intelligent Recognition Systems (SIRS 2017)

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The aim of this study is to design an emotional regulation model based on facial expressions. It is argued that emotions serve a critical function in intelligent behavior and some researchers posed the questions of whether a robot could be intelligent without emotions. As a result, emotion recognition and adequate reaction are essential requirements for enhancing the quality of human robot interaction. This study proposes a computational model of emotion capable of clustering the perceived facial expression, and using cognitive reappraisal to switch its internal state so as to give a human-like reaction over the time. That is, the agent learns the person’s facial expression by using Self Organizing Map, and gives it a meaning by mapping the perceived expression into its internal state diagram. As a result, the presented model implements empathy with the aim to enhance human-robot communication.

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  1. Department of Psychology and Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ayşe E. Sancar

  2. Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Elena Battini Sönmez

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  1. School of CS/IT, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

    Sabu M. Thampi

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Sri Krishnan

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Juan Manuel Corchado Rodriguez

  4. Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Swagatam Das

  5. Department of Systems and Computer Networks, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

    Michal Wozniak

  6. Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Dhiya Al-Jumeily

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Sancar, A.E., Battini Sönmez, E. (2018). A Model for an Emotional Respondent Robot. In: Thampi, S., Krishnan, S., Corchado Rodriguez, J., Das, S., Wozniak, M., Al-Jumeily, D. (eds) Advances in Signal Processing and Intelligent Recognition Systems. SIRS 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 678. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67934-1_37

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