Robot Actors and Authoring Tools for Live Performance System

Abstract

Recently, the robotics technologies are being used in the field of the performing art. As the motion of a humanoid robot motion is more sophisticated, the robot based performing art is became popular. In this paper, a low cost robot system for live performance is proposed. The proposed system includes the humanoid robot actors and authoring tools. The humanoid robot consists of several actuator modules and a control unit, and the authoring tools consist of the motion suit and motion editor software. The proposed system was utilized to a live performance and showed its potential possibility and usefulness.

Human-robot collaboration: A survey

“…In [32] describes a humanoid robot that is controlled using authoring tools and a motion editor. A wearable device called motion suit senses the wearer's motion and delivers the signal required for the actuator units.…”

“…The simulation is generated with the help of a graphical user interface and virtual environment. Figure 9 shows the motion editor [32]. The robot actors is shown in Figure 10 [32].…”

“…Figure 9 shows the motion editor [32]. The robot actors is shown in Figure 10 [32]. Similar such robot actors are described in [5] [12] [15].…”

From Motions to Emotions: Can the Fundamental Emotions be Expressed in a Robot Swarm?

“…The need for enticing interactions between social robots and humans becomes especially pronounced in artistic applications. Robots have been progressively intertwined with different forms of artistic expression, where they are used, among others, to interactively create music [7], dance [8], [9], [10], [11], act in plays [12], [13], [14], support performances [15], or be the object of art exhibits by themselves [16], [17], [18]. As in the traditional expressions of these performing arts, where human artists instill expressive and emotional content [19], [20], robots are required to convey artistic expression and emotion through their actions.…”

“…While expressive interactions have been extensively studied in the context of performing arts, the focus has been primarily on anthropomorphic robots, especially humanoids [12], [21], [22]. However, for faceless robots or robots with limited degrees of freedom for which mimicking human movement is not an option, creating expressive behaviors can This work was supported by "la Caixa" Banking Foundation under Grant LCF/BQ/AA16/11580039.…”