animatronic faces 1facial motion synthesis 1human-robot interaction 1linkage mechanisms 1mechanical design automation 1
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2 papers
cs.RO2026
Automated Synthesis of Facial Mechanisms for Conversational Animatronic Robots
Zongzheng Zhang, Zi Lin, Jiawen Yang +6
The paper introduces an automated pipeline that creates a manufacturable mechanical facial mechanism for animatronic robots from a single 2D portrait, and simultaneously generates…
cs.RO2025
Morpheus: A Neural-driven Animatronic Face with Hybrid Actuation and Diverse Emotion Control
Zongzheng Zhang, Jiawen Yang, Ziqiao Peng +6
Previous animatronic faces struggle to express emotions effectively due to hardware and software limitations. On the hardware side, earlier approaches either use rigid-driven mecha…