2023/09/18 by Amelie Kassner, Christian Becker-Asano, Kassner, Amelie +1 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Neuroscience · Psychology · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Face Recognition and Perception #Face recognition and analysis #Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC) #Robotics (cs.RO) #Social Robot Interaction and HRI
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2309.10146
openalex publication_date 2023/09/18 · openalex created_date 2023/09/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Emotions, which are an important component of social interaction, can be studied with the help of android robots and their appearance, which is as similar to humans as possible. The production and customization of android robots is expensive and time-consuming, so it may be practical to use a digital replica. In order to investigate whether there are any perceptual differences in terms of emotions based on the difference in appearance, a robot head was digitally replicated. In an experiment, the basic emotions evaluated in a preliminary study were compared in three conditions and then statistically analyzed. It was found that apart from fear, all emotions were recognized on the real robot head. The digital head with "ideal" emotions performed better than the real head apart from the anger representation, which offers optimization potential for the real head. Contrary to expectations, significant differences between the real and the replicated head with the same emotions could only be found in the representation of surprise.