The huggable robot Probo, a multi-disciplinary research platform

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 33 CCIS, Issue , 2009, Pages 29-41

  Goris, Kristof ^a   Saldien, Jelle ^a   Vanderniepen, Innes ^a   Lefeber, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emotional interface; huggable robot; human robot interaction; multi disciplinary research platform

Indexed keywords

ACTION UNITS; BASIC EMOTIONS; EMOTIONAL INTERFACE; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; HUGGABLE ROBOT; LIVING CONDITIONS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PLATFORM; SOCIAL RULES;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HOSPITALS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; ROBOTICS; VECTOR SPACES;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 78049407753     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03558-6_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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