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).
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