Title :
Ada - intelligent space: an artificial creature for the SwissExpo.02
Author :
Eng, Kynan ; Bäbler, Andreas ; Bernardet, Ulysses ; Blanchard, Mark ; Costa, Marcio ; Delbruck, Tobi ; Douglas, Rodney J. ; Hepp, Klaus ; Klein, David ; Manzolli, Jonatas ; Mintz, Matti ; Roth, Fabian ; Rutishauser, Ueli ; Wassermann, Klaus ; Whatley, Adr
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Neuroinf., Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Ada is an entertainment exhibit that is able to interact with many people simultaneously, using a language of light and sound. "She " received 553,700 visitors over 5 months during the Swiss Expo.02 in 2002. In this paper we present the broad motivations, design and technologies behind Ada, and a first overview of the outcomes of the exhibit.
Keywords :
human computer interaction; interactive systems; real-time systems; Ada; Swiss Expo.02; human computer interaction; intelligent space; light effects; real-time systems; software architecture; sound effects; Artificial intelligence; Hardware; Music; Object oriented modeling; Orbital robotics; Organisms; Real time systems; Research and development; Robot sensing systems; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2003. Proceedings. ICRA '03. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7736-2
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242236
