Conference paper
Designing Modular Robotic Playware
In this paper, we explore the design of modular robotic objects that may enhance playful experiences. The approach builds upon the development of modular robotics to create a kind of playware, which is flexible in both set-up and activity building for the end-user to allow easy creation of games. Key features of this design approach are modularity, flexibility, and construction, immediate feedback to stimulate engagement, activity design by end-users, and creative exploration of play activities.
These features permit the use of such modular playware by a vast array of users, including disabled children who often could be prevented from using and taking benefits from modern technologies. The objective is to get any children moving, exchanging, experimenting and having fun, regardless of their cognitive or physical ability levels.
The paper describes two prototype systems developed as modular robotic tiles, and discusses the challenges and opportunities of this modular playware when used by children with different cognitive abilities.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 2009 |
Pages: | 115-121 |
Proceedings: | International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication |
Journal subtitle: | Ro-man '09 |
ISBN: | 1424450810 and 9781424450817 |
ISSN: | 19449437 and 19449445 |
Types: | Conference paper |
DOI: | 10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326286 |
ORCIDs: | Lund, Henrik Hautop |
Buildings Feedback Floors Human robot interaction Modular construction Prototypes Robot kinematics Robotic assembly Tactile sensors Tiles cognitive abilities control engineering computing disabled children games creation human-robot interaction modular robotic playware modular robotic tiles robot programming