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Generating gestures with Elvis

Elvis is a new social robot that was developed in the frame of the Probo-project. Whereas the initial version of Probo consists of an actuated head with 19 DOF, the main novelty in this development stage is the implementation of actuated arms. To achieve an optimal morphology for the targeted applications of the probo-project, an a priori study using the developed generic gesture method was performed on both the joint configuration and the joint range. This resulted in three interesting configurations that were investigated in more detail and finally, physically developed. This webpage collects the video's of a set of gestures, performed by the thre Elvis variants.

Elvis-Ca

UNCOVERED ROBOT

Happiness

Sadness

Anger

Disgust

T-pose

Pointing

Hello

COVERED ROBOT

Happiness

Sadness

Anger

Disgust

T-pose

Place gesture

Hello

Elvis-Cb

UNCOVERED ROBOT

Happiness

Sadness

Anger

Disgust

T-pose

Pointing

Hello

Stop

COVERED ROBOT

Happiness

Sadness

Anger

Disgust

T-pose

Place gesture

Hello

Stop

Elvis-Cc

UNCOVERED ROBOT

Happiness

Sadness

Anger

Disgust

T-pose

Pointing

Hello

COVERED ROBOT

Happiness

Sadness

Anger

Disgust

T-pose

Place gesture

Hello

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