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David
Hanson is a doctoral student working
in the Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering at the
University of Texas at Dallas His area of research
investigates facial expression in robots using recent breakthroughs
in elastomer material sciences to enact a sizable range of
natural humanlike facial expressions. This branch of robotics
will rise in relevance as humans and robots begin to have
more face-to-face encounters in the coming years.
Click to see a QuickTime video of his work (K-bot): Broadband
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Click here for a Windows Media version
Click here for images of his project.
David recently presented his work on a facial
robot at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
on February 17th. His presentation was widely covered internationally:
MSNBC
| BBC
(1) | BBC
(2) | The
Guardian | Independent
| Canada.com
| The
Washington Times | The
Star | Indian
Express
Here are images of his early incarnation of K-bot:
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