Soft Skin Texture Modulation for Social Robotics
Collaborators: Yuhan Hu, Zhengnan Zhao, Abheek Vimal. @ Guy Hoffman's lab
http://guyhoffman.com/goosebumps-texture-changing-robotic-skin/
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/feel-what-this-robot-feels-through-tactile-expressions
Updates
"It is our pleasure to inform you that the contribution referenced above, for which you are listed as the
corresponding author, has been accepted for publication in the Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), April 24-28, 2018, Livorno, Italy."
corresponding author, has been accepted for publication in the Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), April 24-28, 2018, Livorno, Italy."
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Introduction
We developed a soft robotic skin that can change its texture to express its internal state, such as emotions. The prototype skin can animate a combination of goosebumps and spikes. This is in contrast to most socially expressive robots, which use either gestures or facial expressions to communicate. In a first prototype, we map these skin changes to the robot’s emotion to create a more effectively communicating social robotic companion.
Many animals express internal states with skin changes, such as human goosebumps, cats’ neck fur raising, dogs’ back hair, the needles of a porcupine, spiking of a blowfish, or a bird’s ruffled feathers. In contrast, most social robots only use gestures or facial expressions to do the same.
Publication: Hu, Y et al. (2018). Soft Skin Texture Modulation for Social Robotics. Proc. IEEE-RAS Soft Robotics.
Demo Making Process
Demo 01
Demo 02
