Interactive robot theatre

ABSTRACT

Engaging a human audience through sight, sound, scent, and touch while following a loosely constrained storyline, the Public Anemone and fellow autonomous characters are let loose to entertain---sociably.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
      I.2.9 Robotics

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        I.2.10 Vision and Scene Understanding
  I.4 IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION
      I.4.0 General

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.8 PERSONAL COMPUTING
      K.8.0 General