Design choices in the development of a robotic head: Human-likeness, Form and Colours

Scean Mitchell; Gabriele Trovato; Matthieu Destephe; Massimiliano Zecca; Kenji Hashimoto; Atsuo Takanishi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07058-2_26

Design choices in the development of a robotic head: Human-likeness, Form and Colours

Scean Mitchell, Gabriele Trovato, Matthieu Destephe, Massimiliano Zecca, Kenji Hashimoto, Atsuo Takanishi^*

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School of International Liberal Studies

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Abstract

The design of what a robot could look like is a matter of growing importance. Variations of style, size, shape and colour open endless design possibilities. It is important to create a look that poses no visual uncanny valley effects on the human user and that is appropriate to potentially serve in different job areas in human society. In this paper we want to share the methods applied in the design of a new head for the humanoid robot KOBIAN-R. Our creation process is similar to that of the product design process taking into account the psychology of shape, colour and functionality to name a few. Following the creative process we conducted some surveys to assess our new design. Feedback data from participants from a diverse age range and cultural backgrounds are a precious input towards the future development of this robotic head.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mechanisms and Machine Science
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Pages	225-233
Number of pages	9
Volume	22
ISBN (Print)	9783319070575
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07058-2_26
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	20th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators, ROMANSY 2014 - Moscow, Russian Federation Duration: 2014 Jun 23 → 2014 Jun 26

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Other	20th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators, ROMANSY 2014
Country/Territory	Russian Federation
City	Moscow
Period	14/6/23 → 14/6/26

Keywords

Humanoid robots
Prototyping
Robot design
Service robots

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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Mitchell, S, Trovato, G, Destephe, M, Zecca, M, Hashimoto, K & Takanishi, A 2014, Design choices in the development of a robotic head: Human-likeness, Form and Colours. in Mechanisms and Machine Science. vol. 22, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 225-233, 20th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators, ROMANSY 2014, Moscow, Russian Federation, 14/6/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07058-2_26

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