2009

Multimodal programming environment for kids: a 'thought bubble' interface for the Pleo robotic character

Kimiko Ryokai, Michael Jongseon Lee, Jonathan Micah Breitbart. "Multimodal programming environment for kids: a 'thought bubble' interface for the Pleo robotic character". In Proceedings of the 27th international Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Boston, MA, USA, April 04 - 09, 2009). CHI EA '09. ACM, New York, NY, 4483-4488. (2009)

Abstract

We introduce a mixed physical and digital programming environment for children to control robotic characters. We present our design rationale, our initial prototype, report the results from our initial evaluation, and discuss ongoing work.

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