FloBi robot head can track and recreate facial expressions

Feb 1, 2012 by Edwin Kee

Robots might be the future, but there is still plenty of work that needs to be done before they become our everyday, doting assistants to replace maids. Well, progress needs to be made in the field of coaxing expressions out of a robot’s face, and CITEC Bielefeld’s anthropomorphic robot head known as FloBi might be a stepping stone to that vision. It has recently received an upgrade that comes with an affordable and simple motion-capture setup. This expressive robotic head comes with modular parts so that you are able to insert different sections of the head in order to create ...

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