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Reachy Mini emotion-expression study measures perception of low-DoF robot affect

May 12, 2026 · Research Publication · Pollen Robotics · Humanoid

  • The paper studies how people perceive emotional expressions on Reachy Mini, a low-degree-of-freedom robot from Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face.
  • In a 100-participant online study, viewers judged 10 short expression clips for emotion label, valence, arousal, and social-perception traits.
  • The results position Reachy Mini as a benchmark platform for affective communication on constrained social robots.

Develops open robotics platforms focused on manipulation, teleoperation, and embodied AI experimentation. The company builds modular systems combining hardware and software to enable accessible development and deployment of interactive robotic applications.

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Humanoid
Event type
Research Publication
Geography
Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine · France