?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Towards+Learning+Affective+Body+Gesture&rft.creator=Kleinsmith%2C+Andrea&rft.creator=Bianchi-Berthouze%2C+Nadia&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=Robots+are+assuming+an+increasingly+important+role+in+our+society.+They+now+become+pets+and+help+support+children+healing.+In+other+words%2C+they+are+now+trying+to+entertain+an+active+and+affective+communication+with+human+agents.+However%2C+up+to+now%2C+such+systems+have+primarily+relied+on+the+human+agents'+ability+to+empathize+with+the+system.+Changes+in+the+behavior+of+the+system+could+therefore+reult+in+changes+of+mood+or+behavior+in+the+human+partner.+This+paper+describes+experiments+we+carried+out+to+study+the+importance+of+body+language+in+affective+communication.+The+results+of+the+experiments+led+us+to+develop+a+system+that+can+incrementally+learn+to+recognize+affective+messages+conveyed+by+body+postures.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Berthouze%2C+Luc&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Bullock%2C+Daniel&rft.contributor=Stojanov%2C+Georgi&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3349%2F1%2FKleinsmith.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kleinsmith%2C+Andrea+and+Bianchi-Berthouze%2C+Nadia++(2003)+Towards+Learning+Affective+Body+Gesture.++%5BConference+Poster%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3349%2F