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A Study on Robot Mask to Support the Recovery of Social Functions through Facial Expressions

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K20312
Project/Area Number (Other) 17H06290 (2017-2019)
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund (2020)
Single-year Grants (2017-2019)
Research Field Human informatics and related fields
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

Suzuki Kenji  筑波大学, システム情報系, 教授 (30350474)

Project Period (FY) 2017-06-30 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥25,870,000 (Direct Cost: ¥19,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,970,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥8,060,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,860,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥10,010,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,310,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Keywords人支援ロボティクス / 生体信号処理 / 顔面神経麻痺 / コミュニケーション / 表情生理計測 / コミニュケーション / 意識障害 / リハビリテーション支援 / 診断支援技術
Outline of Research at the Start

情動表出行動である表情は,社会的なインタフェースとして人々のコミュニケーションに極めて重要な役割を果たしている.特に笑顔は,他者及び社会と共感・協調の心でつなぐ社会的な側面を有しており,世界的にも共通な重要な表情である.本研究では,「表情表出による社会性の機能再生支援」という新たな分野開拓を目指し,臨床医学・看護分野と連携しながらロボット工学・生体信号処理技術の高度化により笑顔を中心とした表情表出を支援するロボットマスクの実現に挑戦する.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we focused on facial expressions, which have a social aspect of connecting with others and society through empathy and cooperation. We tried to develop a new field of "Regeneration of social functions through the facial expression” with the aid of robotics technology. We investigated the process of acquiring new social functions by learning and using the residual functions, and addressed the important question of how to support people with diseases /disabilities to express natural facial expressions. We have developed a prototype of a robotic mask to help solve the problem of patients with facial nerve palsy, and clarified its effectiveness through clinical research.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ここでは,専門家の知識を必要とする顔の定量的評価に寄与する幾何学的および時系列の特徴を明らかにするとともに,専門家の評価と整合性ある評価モデルを構築した.さらに,動作不全といった指標における定量評価の基盤となる新しい知見を提供するとともに,対象者らの詳細解析により専門家の評価特性を明らかにした.また,ロボットマスクの構築・実証を通じ,人の残存機能を活用して機械との相互作用による機能拡張を実現するとともに,新しいソフトロボット技術を利用した動作支援における方法論を提案することで,次世代の医療・生活支援技術への貢献と人と一体となり動作する支援機器という新たな分野を拓く等,学術的に大きな成果を得た.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (10 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 10 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 口紅塗布唇の状態提示に基づく視覚障害者のための化粧支援インタフェース2020

    • Author(s)
      石切山 順一、鈴木 健嗣
    • Journal Title

      ヒューマンインタフェース学会論文誌

      Volume: 22 Pages: 317-328

    • NAID

      130007890664

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Multimodal Communication Aid for Persons with Cerebral Palsy Using Head Movement and Speech Recognition2020

    • Author(s)
      Ikeda Tomoka、Hirokawa Masakazu、Suzuki Kenji
    • Journal Title

      Lecture Notes in Computer Science

      Volume: 12377 Pages: 429-436

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_51

    • ISBN
      9783030588045, 9783030588052
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Human perception and biosignal-based identification of posed and spontaneous smiles2019

    • Author(s)
      Perusqua-Hernndez Monica, Ayabe-Kanamura Saho, Suzuki Kenji
    • Journal Title

      PLoS One

      Volume: 14 Issue: 12 Pages: e0226328-e0226328

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0226328

    • NAID

      120007159529

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Invisible Potential of Facial Electromyography2019

    • Author(s)
      Perusqua-Hernndez Monica, Ayabe-Kanamura Saho, Suzuki Kenji, Kumano Shiro
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

      Volume: 149 Pages: 1-19

    • DOI

      10.1145/3290605.3300379

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Posed and spontaneous smile assessment with wearable skin conductance measured from the neck and head movement2019

    • Author(s)
      M. Perusqua-Hernandez, S. Ayabe-Kanamura and K. Suzuki
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of 2019 8th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction

      Volume: - Pages: 199-205

    • DOI

      10.1109/acii.2019.8925451

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A wearable soft robot for movement assistance on eyelid closure2018

    • Author(s)
      Kozaki Yuta、Matsushiro Naoki、Suzuki Kenji
    • Journal Title

      ROBOMECH Journal

      Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Pages: 30-30

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40648-018-0126-6

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Design of Soft Robotic Actuation for Supporting Eyelid Closure Movement2018

    • Author(s)
      Kozaki Yuta、Matsushiro Naoki、Suzuki Kenji
    • Journal Title

      Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.

      Volume: - Pages: 2760-2763

    • DOI

      10.1109/embc.2018.8512819

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Smiles of Children with ASD May Facilitate Helping Behaviors to the Robot2018

    • Author(s)
      SunKyoung Kim, Masakazu Hirokawa, Soichiro Matsuda, Atsushi Funahashi, Kenji Suzuki
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of the International Conference on Social Robotics

      Volume: - Pages: 55-64

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-030-05204-1_6

    • ISBN
      9783030052034, 9783030052041
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An Interactive Virtual Mirror to Support Make-up for Visually Impaired Person2017

    • Author(s)
      Ishikiriyama, J., and Suzuki, K.
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of IEEE International Conference on System, Man and Cybernetics

      Volume: - Pages: 1393-1398

    • DOI

      10.1109/smc.2017.8122808

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Facial Wearable Robot for Supporting Eye Opening and Closure Movement2017

    • Author(s)
      Kozaki, Y., and Suzuki, K.
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

      Volume: - Pages: 1812-1817

    • DOI

      10.1109/iros.2017.8205995

    • NAID

      130006221490

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] A Multimodal Communication Aid for Persons with Cerebral Palsy Using Head Movement and Speech Recognition2020

    • Author(s)
      Ikeda Tomoka、Hirokawa Masakazu、Suzuki Kenji
    • Organizer
      Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2020)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2017-07-21   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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