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Attention-Based VR Facial Animation with Visual Mouth Camera Guidance for Immersive Telepresence Avatars
Andre Rochow, Max Schwarz, Sven Behnke
Facial animation in virtual reality environments is essential for applications that necessitate clear visibility of the user's face and the ability to convey emotional signals. In…
NimbRo wins ANA Avatar XPRIZE Immersive Telepresence Competition: Human-Centric Evaluation and Lessons Learned
Christian Lenz, Max Schwarz, Andre Rochow +4
Robotic avatar systems can enable immersive telepresence with locomotion, manipulation, and communication capabilities. We present such an avatar system, based on the key component…
VR Facial Animation for Immersive Telepresence Avatars
Andre Rochow, Max Schwarz, Michael Schreiber +1
VR Facial Animation is necessary in applications requiring clear view of the face, even though a VR headset is worn. In our case, we aim to animate the face of an operator who is c…
Audio-based Roughness Sensing and Tactile Feedback for Haptic Perception in Telepresence
Bastian Pätzold, Andre Rochow, Michael Schreiber +4
Haptic perception is highly important for immersive teleoperation of robots, especially for accomplishing manipulation tasks. We propose a low-cost haptic sensing and rendering sys…
Robust Immersive Telepresence and Mobile Telemanipulation: NimbRo wins ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals
Max Schwarz, Christian Lenz, Raphael Memmesheimer +4
Robotic avatar systems promise to bridge distances and reduce the need for travel. We present the updated NimbRo avatar system, winner of the $5M grand prize at the international A…