arxivcs.RO2026-07-13
Automated Synthesis of Facial Mechanisms for Conversational Animatronic Robots
Zongzheng Zhang, Zi Lin, Jiawen Yang, Ziqiao Peng, Junyan Lao, Lin Cheng, et al.
Animatronic faces are a central component of socially interactive robots, enabling rich nonverbal communication through facial articulation. However, state-of-the-art animatronic faces are typically tailored systems: each new facial geometry requires extensive manual mechanical r…