Emotional Support Drone
Recent work in the human-robot interaction community has revealed drones as social entities with emotional capabilities, beyond their initial status of mechanical objects. We build upon this work and envision drones as emotional support technology. To evaluate the validity of this concept, we outlined a design space for Emotional Support Drones (ESD) in our preliminary work. In this project, we will focus on the design and implementation of ESD via different prototyping stages. In particular, we will be investigated relevant interaction techniques for different contexts and situations of use of ESDs. The results of these formative explorations will help to establish which interaction metaphors are best suited for ESDs and inform future technological designs. This work will contribute to the growing field of human-drone interaction and the role of robots as supportive technology.
View Full Project DescriptionKaron MacLean
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Computer science
Education
The University of British Columbia
Globalink Research Award