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Increasing the expressivity of humanoid robots with variable gestural expressions

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This work aims at establishing a more variable, and thus attractive, communication with humanoids. For this purpose we developed a method of dynamically expressing emotions and intentions associated with parametrised gestures. First, gestures and possible parameters, which are necessary for the generation of a whole-body gesture set, were analyzed. A gesture's inner and outer expressivity is thereby defined which leads to the differentiation of single gestures and variable gestural expressions. Gestures are subsequently classified into (feedback) categories and related depending on their expressivity. We developed a gesture set consisting of six categories including over 50 variable gestures. As proof of concept, the gesture set has been implemented to allow for an easy and flexible authoring process of gesture-supported communication.

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  • (2022)The Design and Observed Effects of Robot-performed Manual Gestures: A Systematic ReviewACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/354953012:1(1-62)Online publication date: 19-Jul-2022

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    HRI '14: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
    March 2014
    538 pages
    ISBN:9781450326582
    DOI:10.1145/2559636
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    1. gestural interaction
    2. non-verbal communication

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