Development of a human-like narrator robot system in EXPO

This paper introduces a human-like narrator robot system called EveR-4E. EveR-4E is an android robot platform having human-like appearance, and explains exhibitions with facial expression and gestures. She has movable upper body and mannequin legs for standing on the floor. The skin of the head, arms, and hands is made of silicon jelly to give human-like texture. EveR-4E has fifty-nine degrees of freedom in the head, neck, arms, hands, and torso. Her gestures are designed based on captured body motions of human to give human-like movement. She can be controlled by remote systems controlled by human guide. She introduces robots in the robot exhibit hall of the EXPO 2012 Yeosu Korea.

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