HERMITS: Dynamically reconfiguring the interactivity of self-propelled TUIs with mechanical shell add-ons
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Nakagaki, K
Leong, J
Tappa, JL
Wilbert, J
Ishii, H
Date Issued
2020
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UIST 2020 - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
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ACM
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Nakagaki, K, Leong, J, Tappa, JL, Wilbert, J and Ishii, H. 2020. "HERMITS: Dynamically reconfiguring the interactivity of self-propelled TUIs with mechanical shell add-ons." UIST 2020 - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
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© 2020 Owner/Author. We introduce HERMITS, a modular interaction architecture for self-propelled Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) that incorporates physical add-ons, referred to as mechanical shells. The mechanical shell add-ons are intended to be dynamically reconfigured by utilizing the locomotion capability of self-propelled TUIs (e.g. wheeled TUIs, swarm UIs). We developed a proof-of-concept system that demonstrates this novel architecture using two-wheeled robots and a variety of mechanical shell examples. These mechanical shell add-ons are passive physical attatchments that extend the primitive interactivities (e.g. shape, motion and light) of the self-propelled robots. The paper proposes the architectural design, interactive functionality of HERMITS as well as design primitives for mechanical shells. The paper also introduces the prototype implementation that is based on an off-the-shelf robotic toy with a modified docking mechanism. A range of applications is demonstrated with the prototype to motivate the collective and dynamically reconfigurable capability of the modular architecture, such as an interactive mobility simulation, an adaptive home/desk environment, and a story-telling narrative. Lastly, we discuss the future research opportunity of HERMITS to enrich the interactivity and adaptability of actuated and shape changing TUIs.
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