LIREC Project

LIving with Robots and intEractive Companions

Last updated on Jan 23, 2021
the digital multi-touch Risk board game featuring EMYS. © Tiago Ribeiro

The LIREC project was a five-year EU-FP7 project that aimed at creating robotic companions that could establish long-term relationships with humans with various applications such as entertainment, domestic or office environments. I created the animation system used on the EMYS robot, which allowed to overlay and blend my animations, designed in 3dsmax, with posture overlays and head-tracking autonomously.

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Tiago Ribeiro
Tiago Ribeiro
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) @ DHTA

Eclectic scientist and engineer striving to breathe the Illusion of Life into autonomous characters

Publications

Thalamus: Closing the Mind-Body Loop in Interactive Embodied Characters
Tiago Ribeiro, Marco Vala, Ana Paiva
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The Illusion of Robotic Life: Principles and Practices of Animation for Robots
Tiago Ribeiro, Ana Paiva
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Expressing Emotions on Robotic Companions with Limited Facial Expression Capabilities
Tiago Ribeiro, Iolanda Leite, Jan Kedziersski, Adam Oleksy, Ana Paiva
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