Robotics researchers in Munich have joined forces with Australian and Japanese scientists to develop an ingenious technical solution that gives robots a human face. By using a projector to beam the 3D image of a face onto the back of a plastic mask, and a computer to control voice and facial expressions, the researchers have succeeded in creating Mask-bot, a startlingly human-like plastic head.
Individual people:
Dr. Takaaki Kuratate
Chair / Science unit:
Institute for Cognitive Systems (Prof. Gordon Cheng)
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