Designing personal embodied agents with personas

S. Ljungblad; K. Walter; M. Jacobsson; L. E. Holmquist

doi:10.1109/ROMAN.2006.314451

Designing personal embodied agents with personas

S. Ljungblad^*, K. Walter, M. Jacobsson, L. E. Holmquist

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Abstract

We are exploring strategies for designing novel robots, or more generally, personal embodied agents. The motivation is to open up the design space for robots in everyday environments, while at the same time grounding new designs in existing human interests. We have modified established methods from the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). First, we investigated specific human interests, in this case in exotic pets, to understand and design for possible interests of future robot owners. Based on the data from interviews with pet owners, we developed four fictive characters, so called personas. Each persona has a specific interest in robots as personal embodied agents, which has a particular form, role and behaviour. From the resulting personas we derived a number of possible designs, where the agents take on different roles in peoples' everyday activities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	RO-MAN 2006 - The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	575-580
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	1-4244-0564-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2006.314451
Publication status	Published - 26 Feb 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	RO-MAN 2006 - The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication - Hatfield, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Sept 2006 → 8 Sept 2006

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Conference	RO-MAN 2006 - The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Hatfield
Period	6/09/06 → 8/09/06

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Ljungblad, S, Walter, K, Jacobsson, M & Holmquist, LE 2007, Designing personal embodied agents with personas. in RO-MAN 2006 - The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. IEEE, pp. 575-580, RO-MAN 2006 - The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Hatfield, United Kingdom, 6/09/06. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2006.314451

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