Research by Angelica Lim. Developed a method named “DESIRE”, for converting different emotions to parameterized robotic movements.
Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro is a leading researcher in the field of tele-operated Androids.
The Personal Robots Group at MIT Media Lab is researching how robots can be social and helpful, including expression of emotions. They have developed the Social Robot Toolkit. They also have one Telepresence project called MeBot.
The Takanishi Lab in Waseda University is researching Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot
Some research was done by Toru Nakata for implementing Laban movement styles in Robots.
Check these : - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OVInlqTrME Affection for robot with a face - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1ZhWv84eWE Importance for face looking at what it's doing