Anthropomorphic Robotic Eyes: Structural Design and Non-Verbal Communication Effectiveness

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 22; no. 8; p. 3060
• Main Authors: Penčić, Marko, Čavić, Maja, Oros, Dragana, Vrgović, Petar, Babković, Kalman, Orošnjak, Marko, Čavić, Dijana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15.04.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: anthropomorphic robotic eyes; Brain research; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Emotions; Facial Expression; Facial recognition technology; Health care; healthcare; human-robot interaction; Humans; Internet of Things; Kinematics; Masks; Mechanical systems; Medical personnel; Movement; non-verbal communication; Pandemics; Retina; Robotic Surgical Procedures; Robotics; Robots; social robots; Structural design; Subsystems; Verbal communication; effectiveness; human-robot interaction; facial expression; social robots; emotion recognition; structural design; anthropomorphic robotic eyes; healthcare; non-verbal communication

This paper shows the structure of a mechanical system with 9 DOFs for driving robot eyes, as well as the system's ability to produce facial expressions. It consists of three subsystems which enable the motion of the eyeballs, eyelids, and eyebrows independently to the rest of the face. Due to i...