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Main Authors: Zhang, Dong, Peng, Jingwei, Jiao, Yuyang, Gu, Jiayuan, Yu, Jingyi, Chen, Jiahao
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14477
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author Zhang, Dong
Peng, Jingwei
Jiao, Yuyang
Gu, Jiayuan
Yu, Jingyi
Chen, Jiahao
author_facet Zhang, Dong
Peng, Jingwei
Jiao, Yuyang
Gu, Jiayuan
Yu, Jingyi
Chen, Jiahao
contents This paper presents a novel Expressive Facial Control (ExFace) method based on Diffusion Transformers, which achieves precise mapping from human facial blendshapes to bionic robot motor control. By incorporating an innovative model bootstrap training strategy, our approach not only generates high-quality facial expressions but also significantly improves accuracy and smoothness. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms previous methods in terms of accuracy, frame per second (FPS), and response time. Furthermore, we develop the ExFace dataset driven by human facial data. ExFace shows excellent real-time performance and natural expression rendering in applications such as robot performances and human-robot interactions, offering a new solution for bionic robot interaction.
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spellingShingle ExFace: Expressive Facial Control for Humanoid Robots with Diffusion Transformers and Bootstrap Training
Zhang, Dong
Peng, Jingwei
Jiao, Yuyang
Gu, Jiayuan
Yu, Jingyi
Chen, Jiahao
Robotics
This paper presents a novel Expressive Facial Control (ExFace) method based on Diffusion Transformers, which achieves precise mapping from human facial blendshapes to bionic robot motor control. By incorporating an innovative model bootstrap training strategy, our approach not only generates high-quality facial expressions but also significantly improves accuracy and smoothness. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms previous methods in terms of accuracy, frame per second (FPS), and response time. Furthermore, we develop the ExFace dataset driven by human facial data. ExFace shows excellent real-time performance and natural expression rendering in applications such as robot performances and human-robot interactions, offering a new solution for bionic robot interaction.
title ExFace: Expressive Facial Control for Humanoid Robots with Diffusion Transformers and Bootstrap Training
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14477