It is well documented that the processing of social and emotional information is impaired in
people with autism. Recent studies have shown that individuals, particularly those with high …

In human-machine social interaction, the intersection between biology and engineering
needs a context which allows for the development of adapting dynamics. The android FACE …

The humanoid robot head plays an important role in the emotional expression of human-
robot interaction (HRI). They are emerging in industrial manufacturing, business reception …

One of the core features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is impaired reciprocal social
interaction, especially in processing emotional information. Social robots are used to …

People with autism are known to possess deficits in processing emotional states, both their
own and of others. A humanoid robot, FACE (Facial Automation for Conveying Emotions) …

Although symptoms belonging to the Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) were first
described 50 years ago (Kanner, 1943), improved understanding of this complex spectrum …

This paper presents a new approach for evaluating and controlling expressive humanoid
robotic faces using open-source computer vision and machine learning methods. Existing …

Horror movies have discovered an easy recipe for making people creepy: alter their eyes.
Instead of normal eyes, zombies' eyes are vacantly white, vampires' eyes glow with the color …

New lightweight, compliant, reliable and cheap contractile linear actuators are demanded
today for many fields of application, such as robotics, automation and biomedical disciplines …

This paper describes the concept and preliminary investigations related to the development
of simple bioinspired actuation mechanisms for the eyeballs of an android robotic face. Two …