AWE: A robotic wall and reconfigurable desk supporting working life in a digital society

¿AWE¿ is a programmable ¿animated work environment¿ supporting everyday human activities, at home, work and school, in an increasingly digital society. AWE features a novel robotic ¿wall,¿ three horizontal, reconfigurable work surfaces, and embedded information technologies. The video shows AWE as a digital simulation moving through six standard wall-desk configurations, interspersed with still photos and video clips of people interacting with the physical, full-scale, working prototype. The video also shows AWE beginning to behave intelligently as well as users fine-tuning AWE´s configurations by gesturing proximity sensors mounted at the hinges between wall panels. Usability testing suggests that AWE clearly adapts to variations in complex activities involving users working or playing in a single physical space with both physical and digital tools and artifacts.