If looks could kill: Humanoid robots play a gaze-based social game with humans

Oskar Palinko; Alessandra Sciutti; Yujin Wakita; Yoshio Matsumoto

doi:10.1109/humanoids.2016.7803380

If looks could kill: Humanoid robots play a gaze-based social game with humans

Oskar Palinko, Alessandra Sciutti, Yujin Wakita, Yoshio Matsumoto

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Abstract

Gaze plays an important role in everyday communication between humans. Eyes are not only used to perceive information during interaction, but also to control it. Humanoid robots on the other hand are not yet very proficient in understanding and using gaze. In our study we enabled two humanoid robots to perceive and exert gaze actions. We then performed a pilot experiment with the two android robots playing the 'Wink Murder' game with human players. We demonstrate that the designed framework allows the robots to complete the game successfully, validating the efficacy of our gaze tracking system. Moreover, human participants exhibited a rich variety of natural behaviors in the game, suggesting that it could represent a valid scenario for a more in-depth investigation of human-humanoid interaction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	Nov 2016
Pages	905-910
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5090-4719-2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-4718-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/humanoids.2016.7803380
Publication status	Published - Nov 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) - Cancun, Mexico Duration: 15. Nov 2016 → 17. Nov 2016

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Conference	16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Cancun
Period	15/11/2016 → 17/11/2016

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