TY - GEN
T1 - PINOKY
T2 - 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
AU - Sugiura, Yuta
AU - Lee, Calista
AU - Ogata, Masayasu
AU - Withana, Anusha
AU - Makino, Yasutoshi
AU - Sakamoto, Daisuke
AU - Inami, Masahiko
AU - Igarashi, Takeo
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - PINOKY is a wireless ring-like device that can be externally attached to any plush toy as an accessory that animates the toy by moving its limbs. A user is thus able to instantly convert any plush toy into a soft robot. The user can control the toy remotely or input the movement desired by moving the plush toy and having the data recorded and played back. Unlike other methods for animating plush toys, PINOKY is non-intrusive, so alterations to the toy are not required. In a user study, 1) the roles of plush toys in the participants' daily lives were examined, 2) how participants played with plush toys without PINOKY was observed, 3) how they played with plush toys with PINOKY was observed, and their reactions to the device were surveyed. On the basis of the results, potential applications were conceptualized to illustrate the utility of PINOKY.
AB - PINOKY is a wireless ring-like device that can be externally attached to any plush toy as an accessory that animates the toy by moving its limbs. A user is thus able to instantly convert any plush toy into a soft robot. The user can control the toy remotely or input the movement desired by moving the plush toy and having the data recorded and played back. Unlike other methods for animating plush toys, PINOKY is non-intrusive, so alterations to the toy are not required. In a user study, 1) the roles of plush toys in the participants' daily lives were examined, 2) how participants played with plush toys without PINOKY was observed, 3) how they played with plush toys with PINOKY was observed, and their reactions to the device were surveyed. On the basis of the results, potential applications were conceptualized to illustrate the utility of PINOKY.
KW - Interactive plush toy
KW - Robots
KW - Tangible user interface
KW - Ubiquitous computing
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U2 - 10.1145/2207676.2207780
DO - 10.1145/2207676.2207780
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862095692
SN - 9781450310154
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 725
EP - 734
BT - Conference Proceedings - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
Y2 - 5 May 2012 through 10 May 2012
ER -