Why are the faces of others such an integral part of our communication system and how do we recognise them? How can we make a robot appreciate faces in the same way as a human? Presented by Sam Duffy and a finalist at the CERN film festival, this collection of films highlights the advances made in the field of face recognition in social robots, but also stresses how difficult the task is and how far we are from creating a truly social robot. For more information go to www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk and www.cs4fn.org.
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Why are the faces of others such an integral part of our communication system and how do we recognise them? How can we make a robot appreciate faces in the same way as a human? Presented by Sam Duffy and a finalist at the CERN film festival, this collection of films highlights the advances made in the field of face recognition in social robots, but also stresses how difficult the task is and how far we are from creating a truly social robot. For more information go to www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk and www.cs4fn.org.
Can we produce a robot that behaves in a sufficiently social and intelligent way so as to fit into a human social environment? Ruth Aylett introduces Sarah, the social robot. She explores Sarah's achievements and limitations in terms of facial tracking and recognition. Speech, emotion and gesture recognition is also explored.
Ginevra Castellano from Queen Mary, University of London explains the purpose and functionality of the face tracking software being developed and why it is so hard for a computer or robot to understand humans.
A finalist at the CERN film festival (a worldwide festival for films surrounding the themes of science and technology), this short film compares face recognitions in humans and robots. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no 215554.
An interview with David Fine. David suffers from a condition called prosopagnosia, otherwise known as face blindness, which means he cannot recognise people from their faces.
Why are the faces of others such an integral part of our communication system and how do we recognise them? How can we make a robot appreciate faces in the same way as a human? Presented by Sam Duffy and a finalist at the CERN film festival, this collection of films highlights the advances made in the field of face recognition in social robots, but also stresses how difficult the task is and how far we are from creating a truly social robot. For more information go to www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk and www.cs4fn.org.
