An affective mood booster robot based on emotional processing unit

Jui Hua Lui, Hooman Samani, Kun Yu Tien

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Abstract

We propose a novel robotics system with affective interaction capability. Our proposed robot would act as a personal companion with focusing on the mood of the user. The robot has the ability to detect basic emotions of the user through visual and audio sensors. The emotional processing unit employs advances in the field of affective computing and artificial intelligence in order to estimate the emotional state of the user. Additionally, the artificial intelligence unit aims to propose certain behaviors of the robot in order to generate positive emotional interaction towards the user. Such expressions would be projected by various behaviors of the robot such as audio output that appropriate music would be played. Additionally, the robot would generate relevant smell accordingly by digital scent technology. The robot would be in the form of mobile that it can also act by appropriate physical movements. For example when the robot estimates the stressed emotion by the user, it would play relaxing music and produce relaxing scent and the robot would navigate smoothly around without disturbing the user.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 International Automatic Control Conference, CACS 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538639009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Feb 2018
Event2017 International Automatic Control Conference, CACS 2017 - Pingtung, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 12 Nov 201715 Nov 2017

Publication series

Name2017 International Automatic Control Conference, CACS 2017
Volume2017-November

Conference

Conference2017 International Automatic Control Conference, CACS 2017
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityPingtung
Period12/11/1715/11/17

Keywords

  • Affective Computing
  • Emotion
  • Social Robot

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