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This work attempts to enhance telepresence by empowering nonverbal communication i.e. head gestures communication with an implementation of a robotic rear-projection head device. The feature of this implementation which is considered to be novel is the containment of all the necessary components for rear-head projection within the volume of a typical human head. This provides a natural look to the rear-projection head and facilitates interaction. The resultant head is capable of accurately projecting human facial features.
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Pang, W.C., Burhan, Seet, G. (2012). Design Considerations of a Robotic Head for Telepresence Applications. In: Su, CY., Rakheja, S., Liu, H. (eds) Intelligent Robotics and Applications. ICIRA 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7508. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33503-7_14
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