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The art of designing robot faces: dimensions for human-robot interaction

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As robots enter everyday life and start to interact with ordinary people [5]the question of their appearance becomes increasingly important. A user's perception of a robot can be strongly influenced by its facial appearance [6]. The dimensions and issues of face design are illustrated in the design rationale, details of construction and intended uses of a new minimal expressive robot called KASPAR.

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HRI '06: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCHI/SIGART conference on Human-robot interaction
March 2006
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ISBN:1595932941
DOI:10.1145/1121241
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