TY - GEN
T1 - What Robots Need From Clothing
AU - Friedman, Natalie
AU - Love, Kari
AU - LC, Ray
AU - Sabin, Jenny
AU - Hoffman, Guy
AU - Ju, Wendy
N1 - Full text of this publication does not contain sufficient affiliation information. With consent from the author(s) concerned, the Research Unit(s) information for this record is based on the existing academic department affiliation of the author(s).
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Most robots are unclothed. However, we believe that robot clothes present an underutilized opportunity for the field of designing interactive systems. Clothes can help robots become better robots––by helping them be useful in a new, wider array of contexts, or better adapt and function in the contexts they are already in. In this paper, we provide a foundation for a research area of robot clothing by speculating on its potential. We systematically present functional requirements of robot clothing, considerations, and parameters for robot clothing designers, as well as key reference cases of robots in clothes. We then discuss what robot clothes can do specifically for the field of designing interactive systems.
AB - Most robots are unclothed. However, we believe that robot clothes present an underutilized opportunity for the field of designing interactive systems. Clothes can help robots become better robots––by helping them be useful in a new, wider array of contexts, or better adapt and function in the contexts they are already in. In this paper, we provide a foundation for a research area of robot clothing by speculating on its potential. We systematically present functional requirements of robot clothing, considerations, and parameters for robot clothing designers, as well as key reference cases of robots in clothes. We then discuss what robot clothes can do specifically for the field of designing interactive systems.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85110233145
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85110233145&origin=recordpage
U2 - 10.1145/3461778.3462045
DO - 10.1145/3461778.3462045
M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
T3 - DIS - Proceedings of the ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
SP - 1345
EP - 1355
BT - DIS 2021
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 2021 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2021
Y2 - 28 June 2021 through 2 July 2021
ER -