Biologically Inspired Emotional Expressions for Artificial Agents
A special area of human-machine interaction, the expression of emotions gains importance with the continuous development of artificial agents such as social robots or interactive mobile applications. We developed a prototype version of an abstract emotion visualization agent to express five basic em...
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| author | Beáta Korcsok Veronika Konok György Persa Tamás Faragó Mihoko Niitsuma Ádám Miklósi Ádám Miklósi Péter Korondi Péter Baranyi Márta Gácsi Márta Gácsi |
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| description | A special area of human-machine interaction, the expression of emotions gains importance with the continuous development of artificial agents such as social robots or interactive mobile applications. We developed a prototype version of an abstract emotion visualization agent to express five basic emotions and a neutral state. In contrast to well-known symbolic characters (e.g., smileys) these displays follow general biological and ethological rules. We conducted a multiple questionnaire study on the assessment of the displays with Hungarian and Japanese subjects. In most cases participants were successful in recognizing the displayed emotions. Fear and sadness were most easily confused with each other while both the Hungarian and Japanese participants recognized the anger display most correctly. We suggest that the implemented biological approach can be a viable complement to the emotion expressions of some artificial agents, for example mobile devices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2262a520ff294002bb52c2ac6964a81f2022-12-22T02:30:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-07-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.01191388957Biologically Inspired Emotional Expressions for Artificial AgentsBeáta Korcsok0Veronika Konok1György Persa2Tamás Faragó3Mihoko Niitsuma4Ádám Miklósi5Ádám Miklósi6Péter Korondi7Péter Baranyi8Márta Gácsi9Márta Gácsi10Department of Mechatronics, Optics and Engineering Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryInstitute for Computer Science and Control, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Precision Mechanics, Chuo University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryMTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Mechatronics, Optics and Engineering Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryMTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, HungaryA special area of human-machine interaction, the expression of emotions gains importance with the continuous development of artificial agents such as social robots or interactive mobile applications. We developed a prototype version of an abstract emotion visualization agent to express five basic emotions and a neutral state. In contrast to well-known symbolic characters (e.g., smileys) these displays follow general biological and ethological rules. We conducted a multiple questionnaire study on the assessment of the displays with Hungarian and Japanese subjects. In most cases participants were successful in recognizing the displayed emotions. Fear and sadness were most easily confused with each other while both the Hungarian and Japanese participants recognized the anger display most correctly. We suggest that the implemented biological approach can be a viable complement to the emotion expressions of some artificial agents, for example mobile devices.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01191/fullemotion recognitionartificial agenthuman-computer interactionhuman-robot interactionethological approachethorobotics |
| spellingShingle | Beáta Korcsok Veronika Konok György Persa Tamás Faragó Mihoko Niitsuma Ádám Miklósi Ádám Miklósi Péter Korondi Péter Baranyi Márta Gácsi Márta Gácsi Biologically Inspired Emotional Expressions for Artificial Agents Frontiers in Psychology emotion recognition artificial agent human-computer interaction human-robot interaction ethological approach ethorobotics |
| title | Biologically Inspired Emotional Expressions for Artificial Agents |
| title_full | Biologically Inspired Emotional Expressions for Artificial Agents |
| title_fullStr | Biologically Inspired Emotional Expressions for Artificial Agents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biologically Inspired Emotional Expressions for Artificial Agents |
| title_short | Biologically Inspired Emotional Expressions for Artificial Agents |
| title_sort | biologically inspired emotional expressions for artificial agents |
| topic | emotion recognition artificial agent human-computer interaction human-robot interaction ethological approach ethorobotics |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01191/full |
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