Affective Touch for Robotic Companions

Abstract. As robotic platforms are designed for human robot interaction applications, a full body sense of touch, or “sensitive skin,” becomes important. The Huggable is a new type of therapeutic robotic companion based upon relational touch interactions. The initial use of neural networks to classify the affective content of touch is described.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ACII
• Authors: Walter Dan Stiehl, Cynthia Breazeal
• Keywords: ACII 2005, Human Robot Interaction, Relational Touch Interactions, Therapeutic Robotic Companion