Interaction Design for a Pet-Like Remote Control

Kobayashi, Kazuki; Nakagawa, Yutaro; Yamada, Seiji; Nakagawa, Setsuko; Saito, Yasunori

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-03986-7_16

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“…This paper describes a pet-like remote control for home appliances and an advanced TV system that we have been studying [13,14]. The remote control, called Rebo, can be manipulated by the user stroking it and conveys a sense of friendliness because it does not require precise manipulations and has a life-like appearance.…”

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Rebo: A Pet-Like Strokable Remote Control

Kobayashi¹,

Yamada²,

Nakagawa³

et al. 2012

J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Inform.

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This paper describes a pet-like remote control called Rebo for home appliances and TVs. Rebo has three new advantages over conventional remote controls: user-friendliness, function awareness, and functional manipulation by stroking touch panels. Its pet-like presence and facial expressions make it seem friendly to users. Its function awareness makes users easily aware of its functions through expressive feedback that informs them of the meaning of their manipulations by showing part of the function that is to be executed. The ability to manipulate its functions by stroking it like one would do a pet also enables users to use Rebo without having to look for buttons to push. We conducted experiments in which we monitored the eye movements of users while they operated Rebo and another remote control and administered questionnaires to users afterwards. The experimental results revealed significant aspects of Rebo and confirmed its advantages.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%