arXiv:2607.16196cs.AI2026-07

用轻量1D CNN实现柔软玩偶的触感情绪识别,兼顾实时性与隐私。

Design and Validation of a Lightweight 1D CNN for Affective Touch Classification in Soft Plush Companions

  • 设计小型膨胀1D卷积网络,适配软体玩偶多通道触觉数据。
  • 13.2千参数模型达75%测试准确率,留一被试交叉验证均85%。
  • 提出混合推理流程,适合嵌入式部署,支持实时情感触觉解析。

柔软可变形的传感陪伴物为社交辅助技术提供安全直观的交互界面,但其形变特性与多通道触觉传感增加了人类情感状态解析的难度。本研究提出一个开源的MATLAB框架,用于开发和验证适用于软体交互伙伴的情感触觉识别的轻量化深度学习模型。主要贡献包括:构建了一个符合FAIR原则的公开数据集,包含25名参与者(涵盖儿童、青少年和成人)的1326个标注触觉序列,可复用。通过系统性地探索468个CNN模型的结构与超参数,发现紧凑的膨胀1D卷积神经网络最为有效,其中13.2千参数模型在测试集上达到75%准确率,留一被试交叉验证平均准确率达85%。理论推理时间分析表明,量化后每窗口仅需3.2 MMAC,可在目标微控制器上实现20 Hz实时运行。基于真实玩具传感器数据的PC端实时仿真显示,该CNN能识别前人启发式系统无法捕捉的细微社交触碰,而高力度负面互动则更可靠地由简单阈值逻辑捕获。因此,提出一种混合推理策略:先进行即时启发式过滤,再通过CNN进行精细手势分类。研究表明,在软体治疗伴侣中直接嵌入情感化、隐私保护的触觉解析是可行的,硬件集成将在后续研究中解决。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Soft, sensorized companions offer a physically safe and emotionally intuitive interface for socially assistive technologies, yet their deformability and multichannel tactile sensing complicate the robust interpretation of human affect. This study presents a complete open-source MATLAB-based framework for the development and validation of compact deep learning models for affective touch recognition in soft interactive companions. As a primary contribution, a diverse FAIR-compliant dataset of 1326 labelled gesture sequences collected from 25 participants spanning children, teenagers, and adults is made publicly available, providing a reusable resource for future research in affective touch recognition. Through systematic architecture and hyperparameter exploration across 468 CNN models, the study identifies compact dilated one-dimensional convolutional neural networks (1D CNNs) as the most effective solution, with a 13.2k-parameter model achieving 75% test accuracy and 85% mean leave-one-subject-out cross-validation accuracy. Theoretical inference-time analysis shows that quantized deployment requires 3.2 MMAC per window, compatible with 20 Hz real-time operation on the target microcontroller. PC-based real-time simulation with the physical toy streaming sensor data demonstrates that the CNN resolves subtle social touches that the previous heuristic system failed to detect, whereas high-force negative interactions are captured more reliably by trivial threshold-based logic. The resulting hybrid inference pipeline - instantaneous heuristic filtering followed by CNN-based nuanced gesture classification - is proposed as the embedded deployment strategy. The study demonstrates that emotionally meaningful, privacy-preserving touch interpretation is computationally feasible for direct embedding within soft therapeutic companions, with hardware integration addressed in a forthcoming study.

触觉识别轻量模型情感计算嵌入式

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