Insect Telepresence: Using robotic tele-embodiment to bring insects face-to-face with humans
Abstract
The Insect Telepresence project combines expertise from the robotics and human-computer interaction communities to create a robot exhibit that enables telepresence in scale. The underlying mission of this work is educational: to promote appreciation for insect life and small-scale complexity through exploration of live insect colonies. In this article we describe the robot hardware and software used to bring students face-to-face with insects. We also summarize the user-centered design process and formal HCI methods used to design and evaluate the Insect Telepresence robot. The complete working exhibit, now installed as a permanent robot-entomology station at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is presented in this paper in words and pictures.
BibTeX
@article{All-2001-16756,author = {Stacy All and Illah Nourbakhsh},
title = {Insect Telepresence: Using robotic tele-embodiment to bring insects face-to-face with humans},
journal = {Autonomous Robots: Special Issue on Personal Robotics},
year = {2001},
month = {March},
volume = {10},
number = {2},
pages = {149 - 161},
}