用AR让机械宠物更会表达情绪，互动更自然
AZRA: Extending the Affective Capabilities of Zoomorphic Robots using Augmented Reality
- 通过AR添加表情、灯光、声音等情感表现方式
- 内置情绪模型，支持机器人情绪变化与个性演化
- 无需改装硬件，适合快速测试和升级现有机器人
拟人化机器人可作为无法或不愿养宠物人群的实用替代品。但其情感交互通常简单且短暂，限制了家庭应用潜力。为此，我们提出AZRA——一种无需物理改造即可扩展拟人机器人情感能力的增强现实（AR）框架。通过为小型拟人机器人Petit Qoobo增加面部表情、光影效果、声音、思维气泡等新情感表现形式，以及语音、触碰、距离、注视等交互模态，结合计算情感模型实现情绪反应、每日心情、性格演变和需求动态更新。本研究展示了AZRA在快速参与式原型设计和现有机器人增强方面的应用，并探讨了对未来拟人机器人发展的启示。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Zoomorphic robots could serve as accessible and practical alternatives for users unable or unwilling to keep pets. However, their affective interactions are often simplistic and short-lived, limiting their potential for domestic adoption. In order to facilitate more dynamic and nuanced affective interactions and relationships between users and zoomorphic robots we present AZRA, a novel augmented reality (AR) framework that extends the affective capabilities of these robots without physical modifications. To demonstrate AZRA, we augment a zoomorphic robot, Petit Qoobo, with novel emotional displays (face, light, sound, thought bubbles) and interaction modalities (voice, touch, proximity, gaze). Additionally, AZRA features a computational model of emotion to calculate the robot's emotional responses, daily moods, evolving personality and needs. We highlight how AZRA can be used for rapid participatory prototyping and enhancing existing robots, then discuss implications on future zoomorphic robot development.
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