New Robot Has A Human Face, But Faulty Software
from the facial-expressions dept
Never underestimate the power of a single researcher and a little hard work. A grad student has created a robotic human face that can mimic many facial expressions - and the whole thing was built for about $400. Of course, such a shoestring operation has its limitations, which may explain why the software used during the demonstration crashed. People definitely do respond to human facial reactions, so I imagine such a robotic face system could find its way to all the new robots coming out that are designed to interact with humans.
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However, there are some interesting generalities that apply across cultures -- lower class people tend to open their mouths and eyes wider. People from rural backgrounds (regardless of country) tend to have weird, non-standard facial expressions, possibly because of greater isolation from mass media. Some individuals laugh without changing their facial expression -- this seems to occur randomly.
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