Playing the emotion game with Feelix: What can a LEGO robot tell us about emotion?

TitlePlaying the emotion game with Feelix: What can a LEGO robot tell us about emotion?
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2002
AuthorsCañamero, LD
EditorDautenhahn, K, Bond, AH, Cañamero, L, Edmonds, B
Book TitleSocially Intelligent Agents: Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots
Chapter8
Pagination69–76
PublisherKluwer Academic Publishers
Abstract

This chapter reports the motivations and choices underlying the design of Feelix, a simple humanoid LEGO robot that displays different emotions through facial expression in response to physical contact. It concludes by discussing what this simple technology can tell us about emotional expression and interaction.