AESTHETIC EMOTIONS IN HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION. IMPLICATIONS ON INTERACTION DESIGN OF ROBOTIC ARTISTS

摘要

Human-robot interaction is a challenging interdisciplinary research field. Emotions play a vital role in improving communication, as well as in the mutual understanding between humans and robots. Several theories on the existence and nature of basic or fundamental emotions have been proposed. Robots are now capable of expressing various human-like emotions using mainly facial movements. A project currently under development at "Politehnica" University of Bucharest aims at developing a robotic artist capable of thrilling aesthetic emotions in a human or robotic audience. This paper is a theoretical study concerning the nature and number of emotional states a robotic artist should suggest and it is based on the theory of Rasa, a key concept in Indian aesthetics. Modalities of expressing these emotions and consequent implications for the development of robotic artists, as well as innovative human-robot interaction in artistic environments are presented and discussed.