An anthropomorphic lamp for the communication of emotions

Abstract

This article presents the design of a lamp that is able to represent and collect users' emotional states through a multimodal interaction based on tangible gestures on the users' side, and colors and facial expressions on the lamp side. In particular, the lamp benefits of anthropomorphic form and behavior in order to make the interaction more natural. Two application scenarios are presented, as well as the implementation details of one of these scenarios.