Demo:

iCat: an animated user interface agent with personality
A.J.N. van Breemen


This demo demonstrates our prototype personal robot "iCat". iCat is a generic research platform for studying various aspects of human-robot interaction. The robot has a height of 38 [cm] and lacks mobility, so that we can solely focus on the robot-human interaction. The iCat has 13 servos to move different parts of the head in order to create facial expressions, a stereo microphone to determine the direction of sound and a build-in webcam. Furthermore, iCat can be connected to a home network to control devices (e.g. VCR, TV) and to use the Internet. During this demo an interactive application will be shown, during which the user can interact with the iCat (using touch, speech and vision).