Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Probo

Probo is an intelligent huggy robot that is developed as research platform to study cognitive human-robot interaction (cHRI) with a special focus on children. The robot Probo is designed to act as a social interface, providing a natural interaction while employing human-like social cues and communication modalities. The robot has a fully actuated head, with 20 degrees of freedom, capable of showing facial expressions. A remarkable feature is the moving trunk and the soft and huggable jacket. A user friendly Robotic User Interface (RUI) enables the operator to control the robot.

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Multidisciplinary team

Probo is developed by the Robotics & Multibody Mechanics research group (R&MM) of the Engineering Faculty at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). A strong multidisciplinary team has been formed to further extend the capabilities of the robot. The robot will be used as a research platform to gradually incorporate more autonomy and intelligence. Probo is made accessible to the scientific community so that it can play a supportive research role in technical areas (such as vision, speech, AI and cognition), medical areas (exploration of Robotic Assisted Therapy (RAT)) and social/psychological areas (focus on HRI and emotional communication).

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More info about research team

Contact information

 Contact Persons:
Kristof Goris
E-mail: kgoris@vub.ac.be
Jelle Saldien
E-mail: jsaldien@vub.ac.be

Address:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Building Z - Room ZW105b
Pleinlaan , 2
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium

Phone: +32 2 6293181
Fax: +32 2 6292865

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