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homer_robot_face package from homer_robot_face repohomer_robot_face |
Package Summary
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Version | 1.0.41 |
License | LGPLv3 |
Build type | CATKIN |
Use | RECOMMENDED |
Repository Summary
Checkout URI | https://gitlab.uni-koblenz.de/robbie/homer_robot_face.git |
VCS Type | git |
VCS Version | 1.0.41 |
Last Updated | 2019-11-28 |
Dev Status | DEVELOPED |
CI status | No Continuous Integration |
Released | RELEASED |
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Package Description
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Maintainers
- Julian Giesen
- Matthias von Steimker
Authors
- AGAS/agas
uni-koblenz.de, Julian Giesen/jgiesen [AT] uni-koblenz.de, David Gossow
homer_robot_face
This package contains a robot face as described in the paper "Enhancing Human-Robot Interaction by a Robot Face with Facial Expressions and Synchronized Lip Movements".
Abstact
With service robots becoming increasingly elaborate for higher level tasks, human-robot interaction is moving into the focus of robotic research. In this paper we present an animated robot face as a convenient way of interacting with robots. Our robot face can show 7 different facial expression, thus providing a robot with the ability to express emotions. This capability is crucial for robots to be accepted as everyday companions in domestic environments. Aiming towards a more realistic interaction experience our robot face moves its lips synchronously to the synthesized speech. In a broad user study with 100 subjects we test the emotions conveyed by the robot face. The results indicate that our robot face enhances human robot interaction by providing the robot with the ability to express emotions. The presented robot face is highly customizable. It is available for ROS and can be used with any robot that integrates ROS in its architecture
Instruction
Launch the face node like:
roslaunch homer_robot_face robot_face.launch
For speech synthesis you can use the homer_tts
package which contains a collection of
different text to speech synthesizers.
Topics
-
/recognized_speech
Shows recognized speech in the bottom of the face to support humans in interacting with the robot. -
/robot_face/ImageDisplay
An Image can be displayed optionally (this topic awaits a image as message). -
/robot_face/ImageFileDisplay
Alternatively a filename can be specified. -
/robot_face/expected_input
An additional text on the bottom of the robot face will be shown. Here you can display instructions depending on the state. -
/robot_face/talking_finished
When coupled with a TTS system this topic will be sent once the robot finished speaking. -
/robot_face/text_out
When coupled with a TTS system this topic will be used for synthesizing speech.
If you use this package consider citing:
@article{seib2013enhancing,
title={Enhancing human-robot interaction by a robot face with facial expressions and synchronized lip movements},
author={Seib, Victor and Giesen, Julian and Gr{\"u}ntjens, Dominik and Paulus, Dietrich},
year={2013},
publisher={V{\'a}clav Skala-UNION Agency}
}
@inproceedings{seib2015team,
title={Team homer@ unikoblenz—approaches and contributions to the robocup@ home competition},
author={Seib, Viktor and Manthe, Stephan and Memmesheimer, Raphael and Polster, Florian and Paulus, Dietrich},
booktitle={Robot Soccer World Cup},
pages={83--94},
year={2015},
organization={Springer}
}
Changelog for package homer_robot_face
1.0.41 (2019-11-28)
- Merge branch \'fix-robot_face_interface\' into \'master\' [fix] Make members of RobotFaceInterface class See merge request robbie/homer_robot_face!7
- [fix] Make members of RobotFaceInterface class
- Contributors: Daniel M
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Package Dependencies
Deps | Name | |
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2 | cv_bridge | |
1 | message_generation | |
1 | roslib | |
1 | image_transport | |
2 | roscpp | |
1 | roscpp_serialization | |
2 | sensor_msgs | |
2 | std_msgs | |
1 | catkin | |
1 | message_runtime | |
2 | rospy | |
1 | homer_tts |