Presented at: International Workshop and Summer School on Medical and Service Robotics, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 10 – 12 2014- Published in: New Trends in Medical and Service Robots, vol. 38, p. 181-189
- Series: Mechanisms and Machine Science 38
- Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2015
This paper presents the concept and an example of robject, a robotic entity embedded in an everyday object. Robjects use the affordance of the original object to ensure an efficient interaction and a high acceptance. The example of the ranger robot shows that this approach can be applied to the domestic environment. We explore the integration of a robot (robject) into a family household, by regarding the home as a ecosystem, which consists of people, parts, products, activities, and interactions. A test of the ranger robot in families validates this holistic approach and shows the impact of this type of design in respect to the complexity of the robotic system.
Reference
- Detailed record: https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/201542?ln=en
- EPFL-CONF-201542
- doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23832-6_15