Smile Detection Tool using OpenCV-Python to Measure Response in Human-Robot Interaction with Animal Robot PARO
Journal Title: International Journal of Advanced Computer Science & Applications - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 11
Abstract
Human-robot interaction (HRI) is a field of study that defines the relationship between humans and robot. In robot-assisted mental healthcare, there is still a lack in the methodology especially in evaluating the outcome. In this study, PARO; a robot in the shape of a cute baby seal is introduced as an adjunct therapy tool for six rehabilitation patients with post-stroke depression. Currently, the therapy outcome is measured using psychological tools. When a robot is introduced, a new measurement tool is needed to analyse the patients’ response. Thus, this study constructs a tool using OpenCV-Python to detect the number of smiles when each patient interact with PARO. Smile is an indicator of positive emotion and that PARO helps to uplift patient’s mood. The results were then compared with psychological evaluations. Both tools show congruent results. The number of smiles increased when patients were holding PARO and PARO helped all patients to manage their psychological distress. This indicates that smile detection is an effective supporting tool to indicate respond in human-robot interaction.
Authors and Affiliations
Winal Zikril Zulkifli, Syamimi Shamsuddin, Fairul Azni Jafar, Rabiah Ahmad, Azizah Abdul Manaf, Alaa Abdulsalam Alarood, Lim Thiam Hwee
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP417679
- DOI 10.14569/IJACSA.2018.091151
- Views 85
- Downloads 0
Real-Time Intelligent Parking Entrance Management
To help improve the situation of urban transport in the city of Casablanca, we have studied and set up a smart parking system. In this paper, we evaluate the management of the parking entrance utilising artificial intell...
Prediction of Academic Performance Applying NNs: A Focus on Statistical Feature-Shedding and Lifestyle
Automation has made it possible to garner and preserve students’ data and the modern advent in data science enthusiastically mines this data to predict performance, to the interest of both tutors and tutees. Academic exc...
Intelligent Wireless Indoor Monitoring System based on ARM
This paper proposed an intelligent wireless indoor monitoring system based on STM32F103. The system compromises a master and terminals, which communicates through a CC1101 433M wireless unit. Using ENC28J60 and SIM900A t...
An Efficent Lossless Compression Scheme for ECG Signal
Cardiac diseases constitute the main cause of mortality around the globe. For detection and identification of cardiac problems, it is very important to monitor the patient's heart activities for long periods during his n...
Entanglement Classification for a Three-qubit System using Special Unitary Groups, SU(2) and SU(4)
Entanglement is a physical phenomenon that links a pair, or a set of particles that correlates with each other, regardless of the distance between them. Recent researches conducted on entanglement are mostly focused on m...