Moving a Media Space into the Real World through Group-Robot Interaction

Young, J., McEwan, G., Greenberg, S. and Sharlin, E. (2007)
Moving a Media Space into the Real World through Group-Robot Interaction. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing - PERVASIVE'07. (Toronto, Canada),, May 13-16. Video plus 4 page paper, duration 1:50. Earlier version as Report 2006-827-20, March.

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Abstract

New generation media spaces let group members see each other and share information, but are often static and separated from the physical world. To solve this problem, we propose the AIBO Surrogate-a robotic interface for a media space group, allowing members to extend their group interactions into the physical, real world. Distributed group members see a first-person view of what the robot sees and can control its walking direction, gaze and actions. For members physically collocated with the robot the AIBO Surrogate provides physical presence and awareness: a tele-embodiment of the distributed group.

Bibtex entry

@INPROCEEDINGS { 2007-GroupRobotInteraction.Pervasive,
CLASS = { VIDEO },
AUTHOR = { Young, J. and McEwan, G. and Greenberg, S. and Sharlin, E. },
TITLE = { Moving a Media Space into the Real World through Group-Robot Interaction },
BOOKTITLE = { Adjunct Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing - PERVASIVE'07 },
YEAR = { 2007 },
MONTH = { May 13-16 },
PUBLISHER = { },
ADDRESS = { Toronto, Canada },
NOTE = { Video plus 4 page paper, duration 1:50. Earlier version as Report 2006-827-20, March },
}