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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce Roillo, a social robotic platform for investigating, in the context of children? playrooms, questions about how to design compelling nonverbal interactive behaviors for social robots. Specifically, we are interested in the importance of rhythm to natural interactions and its role in the expression of affect, attention, and intent. Our design process has consisted of rendering, animation, surveys, mechanical prototyping, and puppeteered interaction with children.

Notes

Associated Center(s) / Consortia: Vision and Autonomous Systems Center and Quality of Life Technology Center

Associated Lab(s) / Group(s): Human-Robot Interaction Group

Associated Project(s): BeatBots

Number of pages: 6

Text Reference

Marek Piotr Michalowski, S. Sabanovic, and Philipp Michel, "Roillo: Creating a social robot for playrooms," Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2006), September, 2006, pp. 587 - 592.

BibTeX Reference

@inproceedings{Michalowski_2006_5768,
   author = "Marek Piotr Michalowski and S. Sabanovic and Philipp Michel",
   title = "Roillo: Creating a social robot for playrooms",
   booktitle = "Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2006)",
   pages = "587 - 592",
   publisher = "IEEE",
   month = "September",
   year = "2006",
}

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