2007 La Maison Rouge, Paris, Fr - "AIBO's playroom" - interactive demonstration
In the exhibition, an intriguing set of objects is displayed that
together make up a "playroom" for the Sony AIBO. This is the result of
the work of design students from ECAL, supervised by industrial
designer Martino d'Esposito and CSL researcher Frédéric Kaplan. These
objects offer new learning opportunities for AIBO. At Sony CSL,
Frédéric Kaplan and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer have been experimenting for
several years with curiosity-driven robots. They were looking for novel
environments that the robots could explore. Creating such a playroom
was an exciting excercise for designers who are usually accustomed to
deal with human needs only. Thanks to the creativity of the ECAL
student, AIBO can now draw, ride a bike, control switches, pick up
everyday objects, watch itself in a mirror, and even more. More on AIBO's playroom
The student
designers who participated to the workshop are : Emmanuele Aoué,
Stéphane Barbier-Bouvet, Clément Benoît, Nicolas Besson, Olivier
Burgisser, Francis Chabloz, Liliana Garcia Requena, Ian Gonsher, Thomas
Kral, Renaudin Margaux, Benedicte Meynet, Hadji Moloudi, Eric Morzier,
Singal Mösch, Julia Ng Chien Yue, Moro Nicolas, Valerie Notter,
Letissia Perrin,Florian Pittet, Kélik Ridet, Xavier Rui, Reymond
Siméon, Camille Sherrer, Tiffany Tripet, Cécile von Aesch, Sébastien
Wildi, Danielle Wielzynski.
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