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| + | =====Alternative affective communication===== | ||
| + | What: | ||
| + | * Look into alternative methods of communicating affective state to the user | ||
| + | * Non-vocal sounds | ||
| + | * Non-literal visuals | ||
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| + | Why: | ||
| + | * Uncanny valley | ||
| + | * Remove the problem of simulating human expressions | ||
| + | * The challenge of meeting the robot halfway in mutual understanding might be more engaging | ||
| + | * Task of deciphering results in more implied/ | ||
| + | * People work together to try and understand | ||
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| + | Further: | ||
| + | * [[http:// | ||
| + | * Robot [[http:// | ||
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| + | =====Modular programmable personalities===== | ||
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| + | What: | ||
| + | * Interface to allow the user to easily build and configure robots | ||
| + | * At the software level | ||
| + | * Reconfigurable layer 2 <-> layer 3 | ||
| + | * Need some common goal, or competition | ||
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| + | Why: | ||
| + | * Suspicion that the attachment gained by having a role in the design of a robot is greater than a finely tuned system (or even a system which works) | ||
| + | * Present the internals of the system to the user in some clear manner | ||
| + | * Long term attachment through tweakability | ||
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| + | Further: | ||
| + | * [[wp> | ||
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| + | =====Artificial Dependency===== | ||
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| + | What: | ||
| + | * Physical dependency | ||
| + | * Needs feeding | ||
| + | * Needs transport - has wheels, but asks to be carried everywhere | ||
| + | * Needs light - not solar powered, but doesn' | ||
| + | * Gets cold - needs physical contact | ||
| + | * Emotional | ||
| + | * Paranoia - requires constant reassuring noises | ||
| + | * Anger - needs calming, physical contact | ||
| + | * Sadness - needs singing to | ||
| + | * All of the above?! | ||
| + | * It may be important that they are entirely unnecessary needs | ||
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| + | Why: | ||
| + | * Sounds really irritating, but - Tamagotchi | ||
| + | * Long term attachment through manipulation of the caring instinct and guilt | ||
| + | * Attachment due to the feeling that something is dependant on you, rather than a machine that just needs occasional recharging | ||
| + | * More effective/ | ||
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| + | Further: | ||
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