Disney develops 'a robot that blinks like a human and shakes its line of sight', but has no human-like skin
Realistic and Interactive Robot Gaze – Disney Research
https://la.disneyresearch.com/publication/realistic-and-interactive-robot-gaze/
Disney Made a Skinless Robot That Can Realistically Stare Directly Into Your Soul
https://gizmodo.com/disney-made-a-skinless-robot-that-can-realistically-sta-1845522375
Disney's new skinless robot can blink like a human because why not --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/1/21544341/disney-skinless-robot-blink-human-robotics
There are many differences between a robot made like a human being and an actual human being, but one of them is that 'a robot is different from a human being and stares straight at itself.' Many robots that have the function of matching the line of sight with the other person do not move as they are when the line of sight is aligned with the other person, but the actual human beings lose their line of sight by wandering around or blinking.
So Walt Disney Imagineering's research team worked with researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the California Institute of Technology to develop a 'robot that mimics more human-like facial movements.'
You can see the human-like robot actually developed by Disney in the following movie.
Realistic and Interactive Robot Gaze-YouTube
The newly developed robot wears a normal shirt on its torso, but its face is quite grotesque with its eyes and teeth exposed.
The appearance is full of robot-like appearance, but the robot's face and eyes move smoothly, making it look like a human being.
If there is no one in the vicinity, the robot is vacant ...
When people approached, I looked at them smoothly. It is said that the black sensor on the chest captures the position of a human being.
The robot's eyeballs are constantly moving small, which mimics the slight eye movements of humans called ' microsaccades .' Since the human eye focuses on only 2% of the field of view, it is said that even if one stares at one point, the line of sight is always finely corrected.
Also, sometimes I blink and my eyelids go down.
It imitates the movement of the head swinging up and down as it breathes, and if you close your eyes to the point where there is no skin, it is a very human-like robot.
If the person in front of you stiffens your head, the robot will also stiffen your head accordingly ...
On the contrary, if it is hard, the robot will match it.
Even if there are multiple people in front of you, you don't have to keep your eyes on one person, but move your eyes from time to time to look at each other alternately.
While GIZMODO says the robot is good at humanity, 'Disney should put a fake silicon skin on the robot's head before these upgraded robots are introduced to amusement parks and the like. It's okay, 'he said, insisting that the grotesque head should be managed.
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