@inbook{2aec7db9ba5f4d2c9c87e4c31038ea7a,
title = "Modular design of emotion expression humanoid robot KOBIAN",
abstract = "Personal robots and Robot Technology (RT)-based assistive devices are expected to play a substantial role in our society, largely populated by elders; they will play an active role in joint works and community life with humans. In particular, these robots are expected to play an important role for the assistance of elderly and disabled people during normal activities of daily living (ADLs). To achieve this result, personal robots should be also capable of human-like emotion expressions. In this perspective we developed a whole body bipedal humanoid robot, named KOBIAN, which is also capable to express human-like emotions. In this paper we present the mechanical and modular design of KOBAIN.",
keywords = "Driving mechanism, Facial part, Humanoid robot, Modular design, Motor driver",
author = "Nobutsuna Endo and Keita Endo and Massimiliano Zecca and Atsuo Takanishi",
note = "Funding Information: This research was commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and conducted at Humanoid Robotics Institute, Waseda University. Special thanks to SolidWorks Japan K.K. for the software contribution, and KURARAY Co., Ltd. for the SEPTON contribution. This work was supported in part by Global COE Program {"}Global Robot Academia{"} from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. Funding Information: This research was commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and conducted at Humanoid Robotics Institute, Waseda University. Special thanks to Solid Works Japan K.K. for the software contribution, and KURARAY Co., Ltd. for the SEPTON contribution. This work was supported in part by Global COE Program {"}Global Robot Academia{"} from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2010, CISM, Udine.",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-7091-0277-0_55",
language = "English",
series = "CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures",
publisher = "Springer International Publishing",
pages = "465--472",
booktitle = "CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures",
}