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Author: Claude Toussaint

robot face prototype
16. February 202118. February 2021

robot face prototype

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https://youtu.be/_Tv8UZMigrA Eye contact is one of the most important means of communication. We want to be seen. And we want to see when others look at us. Therefore, it is essential for a social robot to have the ability to make eye contact. Unfortunately, two eyes shown on a flat […]

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our ballbot prototype
15. November 202015. December 2020

our ballbot prototype

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We are testing different drive systems for our social robot. A ballbot is a nice way to give an upright robot a comparatively small footprint. Think, for example, of Pepper’s cantilevered tripod. It needs a lot of room to maneuver in living areas. There’s another advantage: tall robots with conventional […]

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Would you want to be psychologically coached by social robots?
31. August 20203. September 2020

Would you want to be psychologically coached by social robots?

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Originally, robots were developed to relieve us of physically demanding tasks. Psychological support was never intended. Just as it is repeatedly emphasized that artificial intelligence will not be used in psychological or socio-emotional fields as quickly. But the positive results of various studies show that we should rethink these basic […]

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Why it pays off for elderly care homes to invest in social robots.
2. July 20202. September 2020

Why it pays off for elderly care homes to invest in social robots.

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Sometimes we are confronted with statements that in the nursing sector money is in principle scarce and therefore no money can be earned. This is of course only partly true. Nursing care is very expensive for people in need of care and their families. The nursing care industry itself can […]

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Social robots can positively influence interpersonal behavior
20. May 20202. September 2020

Social robots can positively influence interpersonal behavior

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Many studies show how social robots can influence your emotions. A beautiful study from Yale University has now shown that social robots can even positively influence human behavior towards each other. A team of four is supposed to play a game on a tablet and cooperate together. A robot is […]

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Progress of our visual perception pipeline
5. February 20202. September 2020

Progress of our visual perception pipeline

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This short clip shows our prototype for the visual perception pipeline we are currently developing for our social robot. The visual perception pipeline features deep neural networks optimized for inference on the NVIDIA Jetson Xavier AGX, which comprises the mtcnn face detector for face detection comprised out of 3 convolutional […]

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Could our robot figure also support the care industry?
18. December 201930. January 2020

Could our robot figure also support the care industry?

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We have conducted interviews with larger and smaller care home operators to evaluate the extent to which our social robot could assist in the current challenges in nursing homes. As with any user research, we have gained some very valuable insights. We all know that the workload for the nursing […]

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Our material exploration
26. November 201930. January 2020

Our material exploration

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For our first design prototype, we worked with a wide variety of material manufacturers and service providers. We want to test the possibilities of new materials and manufacturing processes in order to give our social robot not only a beautiful appearance, but also an appealing haptic. In addition, topics such […]

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Two Patents Pending
24. August 201930. January 2020

Two Patents Pending

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We are happy to announce that we have already filed two patents. Both are important for a strong expressiveness of a social robot. We filed the first patent for a process that allows the robot to make better eye contact with the user. Eyes realized with conventional flat displays do […]

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Social Robotics raises ethical questions: navel robotics on the radio
14. June 201924. September 2019

Social Robotics raises ethical questions: navel robotics on the radio

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Deutschlandfunk has made a contribution on ethical issues in the development of social robots. Also presented were navel robotics and the research project VIVA. Besides me, Arne Manzeschke, Professor of Anthropology and Ethics, was also interviewed. As part of the research project, we held a workshop on ethical issues. You […]

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