Robotic Facial Expression Using a Curved Surface Display

Minoru Hashimoto; Daisuke Morooka

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JRM Vol.18 No.4 pp. 504-510

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2006.p0504

(2006)

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Robotic Facial Expression Using a Curved Surface Display

Minoru Hashimoto^* and Daisuke Morooka^**

^*Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan

^**Design Center, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., 560-2 Okatsukoku, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0192, Japan

Received:

October 3, 2005

Accepted:

June 28, 2006

Published:

August 20, 2006

Keywords:

facial expression, face robot, domed display, fish-eye lens

Abstract

We propose robotic facial expression using a curved surface display. An image of the robot’s face is displayed on a curved screen to form a facial expression easily compared to other mechanical facial expression. The curved surface gives the face a three-dimensional effect due to not possible using a plane image. The curved surface display consists of a domed screen, a fish-eye lens, and a projector. The face robot has a neck to move the head. We detail the domed display, compensation for image distortion, and the drawing of shadow images indicating the direction of a light source. The facial expression is animated and the head moves using the neck conducted. Experiments confirmed the effectiveness of our proposal.

Cite this article as:

M. Hashimoto and D. Morooka, “Robotic Facial Expression Using a Curved Surface Display,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.18 No.4, pp. 504-510, 2006.

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Robotic Facial Expression Using a Curved Surface Display

Minoru Hashimoto* and Daisuke Morooka**

Minoru Hashimoto^* and Daisuke Morooka^**