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Blossom: A Tensile Social Robot Design with a Handcrafted Shell (Demo Abstract)
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We describe the design and implementation of Blossom, a social robot that diverges from convention by being flexible both internally and externally. Internally, Blossom»s actuation mechanism is a compliant tensile structure supporting a free-floating platform. This design enables organic and lifelike movements with a small number of motors and simple software control. Blossom»s exterior is also flexible in that it is made of fabric and not rigidly attached to the mechanism, enabling it to freely shift and deform. The handcrafted nature of the shell allows Blossom to take on a variety of forms and appearances. Blossom is envisioned as an open platform for user-crafted human-robot interaction.
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March 2018
431 pages
ISBN:9781450356152
DOI:10.1145/3173386
- General Chairs:
- Takayuki Kanda,
- Selma Ŝabanović,
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- Guy Hoffman,
- Adriana Tapus
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HRI '18: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
March 5 - 8, 2018
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HRI '18 Paper Acceptance Rate 49 of 206 submissions, 24%;
Overall Acceptance Rate 192 of 519 submissions, 37%
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