Improvements and Considerations Related to Human-Robot Interaction in the Design of a New Version of the Robotic Head Muecas

In this article the different decision-making that were followed in the design of the expressive robotic head Muecas are explained. Muecas is a system with a humancaricatured shape, equipped with a pair of robotic eyes, eyebrows, neck and mouth. The main goal in the design was to provide the robot with basic skills for an affective humanrobot interaction, where the emphaty and attention plays an important factor. When developing this robotic head, it was necessary to study a number of parameters and characteristics related to human anatomy and psychology, as well as other similar robotic heads or the opinions of experts. All the results of these study are pointed out in this paper. Throughout this work, the step followed in the design in conjuction with the main conclusions drawn from it, are explained. We want that our work helps researchers in this field in their decision making.

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