A Robot that Reads Emotions
MISSION STATEMENT :
Our team's mission is to create something that will help our communities be safer and healthier while also inspiring girls to participate in STEM.
It took our class a while to decide on what project we would focus on. We first had to identify what we problems we see in our community and what affects these problems have. Some of the problems the girls identifying as affecting their community include drug use, theft, and mental health. In order to reduce some of these key problems they decided building a machine that can read people's emotions could in theory prevent some of the problems they identified.
PROJECT NEED:
Problem our project would solve
The problem our project is solving is people lying about their emotions. The problems our project can prevent are suicide, war, and murders. The emotions our project can read are happy, sad, mad.
This project will also address one of the other issues girls identified. When asked why some girls may not want to participate in STEM activities many of the girls answered they were discouraged or because they were disinterested. By revealing what our team of girls can do other girls can see that there are some cool and fun ways to work with STEM. If the effects of the machine in the health area are not immediate, we can additionally research if this project can influence a girls' interest in STEM. By having this interactive project that has real life applications we can interest more girls to participate in stem/steam related activities or programs. By showcasing what we create the girls can show off what they learned to do and encourage other girls to join them.
PROJECTED TIMELINE:
The greatest challenge for this project will be creating the robot and inputing the software needed for the project to function. When it is complete and ready to be used the girls expect to use the robot in such locations as clinics and counselors offices where girls who have low self-esteem can be identified and given the proper care preventing destructive behavior such as hurting themselves or others. Therefore they will have to come up with a pitch for their creation so that a clinic or counselors can place it in its location.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES:
Short-term effects on our community
RESEARCH:
According to some quick research the girls did, yes a robot that reads emotions does already exists. It was created in Japan and was released for sale in 2015. A software that detects microexpressions also exists which is essentially something that reads emotions on faces such as the Noldus software which is used for behavioral research.
DATA COLLECTION:
BUDGET
Our team's mission is to create something that will help our communities be safer and healthier while also inspiring girls to participate in STEM.
It took our class a while to decide on what project we would focus on. We first had to identify what we problems we see in our community and what affects these problems have. Some of the problems the girls identifying as affecting their community include drug use, theft, and mental health. In order to reduce some of these key problems they decided building a machine that can read people's emotions could in theory prevent some of the problems they identified.
PROJECT NEED:
Problem our project would solve
The problem our project is solving is people lying about their emotions. The problems our project can prevent are suicide, war, and murders. The emotions our project can read are happy, sad, mad.
This project will also address one of the other issues girls identified. When asked why some girls may not want to participate in STEM activities many of the girls answered they were discouraged or because they were disinterested. By revealing what our team of girls can do other girls can see that there are some cool and fun ways to work with STEM. If the effects of the machine in the health area are not immediate, we can additionally research if this project can influence a girls' interest in STEM. By having this interactive project that has real life applications we can interest more girls to participate in stem/steam related activities or programs. By showcasing what we create the girls can show off what they learned to do and encourage other girls to join them.
PROJECTED TIMELINE:
The greatest challenge for this project will be creating the robot and inputing the software needed for the project to function. When it is complete and ready to be used the girls expect to use the robot in such locations as clinics and counselors offices where girls who have low self-esteem can be identified and given the proper care preventing destructive behavior such as hurting themselves or others. Therefore they will have to come up with a pitch for their creation so that a clinic or counselors can place it in its location.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES:
Short-term effects on our community
- We expect a decrease in mood swings - "If someone had mood swings that robot can help that person"
- Quick attention to superficial emotions
- When someone is mad sad, happy, angry the robot can make them happy or happier
- It will help people have good self-esteem.
- Quicker detection of mental health problems or emotional problems for a quick response
- A way to encourage girls to join STEM programs
RESEARCH:
According to some quick research the girls did, yes a robot that reads emotions does already exists. It was created in Japan and was released for sale in 2015. A software that detects microexpressions also exists which is essentially something that reads emotions on faces such as the Noldus software which is used for behavioral research.
DATA COLLECTION:
- To initally see how the software works, we will get 10 test subjects and show them 5 pictures to elicit reactions from them and have the robot identify which emotions they are feeling while also having the test subjects write down the emotion they feel to compare it to what the robot identified.
- After, we will pitch the idea to a counselors office so we can have the robot observe the students who meet with the counselor. Then after a week collect the information and get feedback from both the counselor and students about the robot and the data it collects.
- Lastly, present the robot to 3 classes and show them what it can do we will survey them - before and after - to see if there is an increase in interest towards STEM programs.
BUDGET
| gbla_budget.pdf |
