Concept: Romibo is a pet-like social robot designed for therapy, education and fun!
The Romibo Robot Project is a collaboration between robotics researchers and people like YOU in the user community. Together we are co-developing a therapeutic robot for children with physical and developmental disabilities. Romibo’s educational and fun features support robot therapy research while providing tandem value to the general public. Building Romibo and contributing your ideas and experiences will help to improve the lives of others.
Tags: assistive technology, build, collaboration, conceptualize, design, design research, developer, director, entrepreneur, inventor, social robotics
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Last Updated: 2012/01/15 3:05pm
Concept: Advances in electronics have brought the promise of wearable computers to near reality. Such systems can offer a highly personal and mobile information and communication infrastructure. Previous research has investigated where wearable computers can be located on the human body – critical for successful development and acceptance. However, for a location to be truly useful, it needs to not only be accessible for interaction, socially acceptable, comfortable and sufficiently stable for electronics, but also effective at conveying information. In this paper, we describe a study that evaluated reaction time performance to visual stimuli at seven different body locations. Results indicate numerous, statistically significant differences in the reaction time performance characteristics of these locations. We believe our findings can be used to inform the design and placement of future wearable computing applications and systems.
Tags: build, collaboration, design research, developer, HCI, prototyping, research
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Last Updated: 2012/01/15 2:39pm
Concept: Note: this project has now developed into Romibo. Please visit www.Romibo.org to learn more!
MEmote is an affective mobile robot designed to discover potential benefits to children with mental and physical disabilities. (The project is a preliminary exploration executed over the course of two weeks and will continue to be developed and researched).
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Last Updated: 2012/01/15 3:24pm
