@inproceedings{acadfe905f8c4c51b068aac36017bd5d,
title = "Design choices in the development of a robotic head: Human-likeness, Form and Colours",
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.",
keywords = "Humanoid robots, Prototyping, Robot design, Service robots",
author = "Scean Mitchell and Gabriele Trovato and Matthieu Destephe and Massimiliano Zecca and Kenji Hashimoto and Atsuo Takanishi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.; 20th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators, ROMANSY 2014 ; Conference date: 23-06-2014 Through 26-06-2014",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-07058-2_26",
language = "English",
series = "Mechanisms and Machine Science",
publisher = "Kluwer Academic Publishers",
pages = "225--233",
editor = "Glazunov, {Victor A.} and Marco Ceccarelli",
booktitle = "Advances on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators - Proceedings of ROMANSY 2014 XX CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators",
address = "Netherlands",
}