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Development of a Low-Cost Social Robot for Personalized Human-Robot Interaction

Puehn, Christian G
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1427889195

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2015, Master of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, EMC - Mechanical Engineering.
This thesis presents two social robotic platforms, Philos V.1 and Philos V.2, which are designed for personalized human-robot interaction (HRI). Personalized HRI is realized through programmable expressive (i.e. gestures and sound/speech generation) and perceptive functions (i.e. human face tracking and recognition, touch detection, and speech recognition) of the robots. In addition, a wearable sensor device was developed for integration with these social robots to further improve the health monitoring and assessment functions of the robots as well as personalizing the robots social behavior based on the user's biobehavioral data. Among the many potential applications of a social robot, this thesis focuses on elderly healthcare where positive health outcomes are expected by providing companionship, assisting with daily activities, and monitoring health status.
Kiju Lee (Advisor)
Roger Quinn (Committee Member)
Francis Merat (Committee Member)
92 p.
Mechanical Engineering; Robotics; Robots
Social robots; human-robot interaction; wearable sensor

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  • Puehn, C. G. (2015). Development of a Low-Cost Social Robot for Personalized Human-Robot Interaction [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1427889195

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Puehn, Christian. Development of a Low-Cost Social Robot for Personalized Human-Robot Interaction. 2015. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1427889195.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Puehn, Christian. "Development of a Low-Cost Social Robot for Personalized Human-Robot Interaction." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1427889195

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