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Classic animation has brought during the years memorable characters to our daily lives. It has also brought unanimated objects to life, like toasters, lamps, chandeliers and more. This has inspired a new approach into robot creation and motion design, by proposing a new category in robotics for the creation of what we denominated caricature robots. These robots count with three characteristic elements that should be presented in them, functionality, simplicity and personality. The functionality of caricature robots could help them to be included in homes. Their element of simplicity defines these robots design, keeping them with minimal amount of degrees of freedom. The personality of a caricature robot is defined by the creation of e-motions, through the implementation of the BEAR methodology that takes the principles of classic animation into the robotic motion design. To illustrate the above, the Music Mouth, WOBOT and Junior robot projects are described and explained to exemplify the creation and application of caricature robots in different scenarios. Keywords: animation, caricature robots, robotic motion design

Classic animation has brought during the years memorable characters to our daily lives. It has also brought unanimated objects to life, like toasters, lamps, chandeliers and more. This has inspired a new approach into robot creation and motion design, by proposing a new category in robotics for the creation of what we denominated caricature robots. These robots count with three characteristic elements that should be presented in them, functionality, simplicity and personality. The functionality of caricature robots could help them to be included in homes. Their element of simplicity defines these robots design, keeping them with minimal amount of degrees of freedom. The personality of a caricature robot is defined by the creation of e-motions, through the implementation of the BEAR methodology that takes the principles of classic animation into the robotic motion design. To illustrate the above, the Music Mouth, WOBOT and Junior robot projects are described and explained to exemplify the creation and application of caricature robots in different scenarios. Keywords: animation, caricature robots, robotic motion design

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Robots: From task performers to companions with personality .1
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Introduction to the types of robots ........................................................................... 1 What is a caricature robot? .......................................................................................... 3 Functionality ................................................................................................................................... 5 Simplicity..........................................................................................................................................5 Personality ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Purpose of the research ................................................................................................ 8 Chapter 2. WOBOT: going beyond the mechanics ..................................................9 2.1 WOBOT: The first Caricature Robot hybrid ............................................................... 9 2.2 WOBOT’s design: animating a non-humanoid robot ............................................10 2.3 Animating WOBOT............................................................................................................12 2.4 Color as a e-motion enhancer in WOBOT: ................................................................13 2.4 Body and brain structure: Quick overview ..............................................................14 Chapter 3. Animating a caricature robot to create its personality................ 16
1. The squash and stretch principle .......................................................................................... 17
2. Anticipation..................................................................................................................................... 17
3. Staging ............................................................................................................................................... 18
4. Straight ahead action and pose to pose .............................................................................. 18
5. Follow through and overlapping action ............................................................................. 19
6. Slow in and slow out ................................................................................................................... 19
7. Arcs ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
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Secondary Action .......................................................................................................................... 20 Timing................................................................................................................................................ 21 Exaggeration ................................................................................................................................ 21 Solid drawing............................................................................................................................... 22 Appeal ............................................................................................................................................. 22 Chapter 4. The creation of a caricature robot: Junior........................................ 24 4.1 Junior’s functionality .......................................................................................................24 4.2 Junior’s simplicity .............................................................................................................25 4.3 Junior’s Personality..........................................................................................................28 Chapter 5. The future development of caricature robots................................. 34 5.1 Robots at home ..................................................................................................................34 5.1.1 Daily use appliances coming to life..................................................................................... 34 5.1.2 Adding value and functionality to home appliances ................................................... 34 5.2 Do it yourself ......................................................................................................................35 5.2.1 MotionClips ................................................................................................................................... 35 5.2.2 Simple persona creation.......................................................................................................... 36 5.2.3 online market ............................................................................................................................... 37 5.2.4 3D printing your caricature robot....................................................................................... 38 5.3 Research contribution ................................................................................................................. 39 References: .................................................................................................................................40

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