Teddy bear-like Robotic User Interface

Abstract

Robots have chiefly been considered as machines that perform work in the place of human beings, such as industrial robots. However, a robot can be used as an interface between the real world and the information world. This concept can be referred to as a Robotic User Interface (RUI). In this paper, we propose a RUI as a haptic feedback interface. We can interact with information world by using this RUI synchronize a CG model that has the same form and joints as RUI.