Title :
The design of a semi-autonomous robot avatar for family communication and education
Author :
Lee, Jun Ki ; Toscano, Robert Lopez ; Stiehl, Walter Dan ; Breazeal, Cynthia
Author_Institution :
Media Lab, Personal Robots Group, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Robots as an embodied, multi-modal technology have great potential to be used as a new type of communication device. In this paper we outline our development of the Huggable robot as a semi-autonomous robot avatar for two specific types of remote interaction - family communication and education. Through our discussion we highlight how we have applied six important elements in our system to allow for the robot to function as a richly embodied communication channel.
Keywords :
avatars; computer aided instruction; robots; communication device; education; family communication; remote interaction; semiautonomous robot avatar; Avatars; Communication channels; Educational robots; Educational technology; Feeds; Human robot interaction; Internet; Microphones; Robot control; Robot sensing systems;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2008. RO-MAN 2008. The 17th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2212-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2213-5
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2008.4600661
