Introduction:

This section holds documentation on projects stemming from a course in Affective Robotics (Winter 2003). I hope to use this as an opportunity to explore issues related to embodied programming, biosensors, and communication between the RCX brick and the MAX/MSP programming environment (not necessarily in the same project).

More information on the course can be found on Insite.

Projects and Papers:

Navigation test using a passive infra-red sensor.

Passive Infra-Red Navigating Walker

Reactive robots, smart spaces: RCX/Max intercommunication: Introducing Embley, the robot that loves people...
Initial Proposal / Photo Documentation

Affective Pneumatic Wearables

Firefly synchronization program for the RCX (based on StarLogo).

Links & Examples:

Herd Mentality (Wired): Article on Maja Mataric and The Nerd Herd

Parent Robot/Robot Swarm (Affective Robotics): Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

Challenges of Ambulatory Sensing (from Affective Robotics)

Does HAL Cry Digital Tears? Emotion and Computers