Affective computing
Perceptual user interfaces: the KidsRoom
Communications of the ACM
CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas
Mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas
ICLS '04 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Learning sciences
SMALLab: a mediated platform for education
ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Educators program
Gender-Specific Approaches to Developing Emotionally Intelligent Learning Companions
IEEE Intelligent Systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Human-robot interactions to promote play and learning
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Extensive Evaluation of Using a Game Project in a Software Architecture Course
ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)
TofuDraw: a mixed-reality choreography tool for authoring robot character performance
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
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Active Learning Environments with Robotic Tangibles (ALERT) are mixed reality video gaming systems that use sensors, vision systems, and robots to provide an engaging experience that may motivate hitherto underrepresented kinds of learners to become interested in game design, programming, and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Through the use of fiducials (i.e., meaningful markers) recognized by robots through computer vision as just-in-time instructions, users engage in spatially-based programming without the encumbrances of traditional procedural programs? syntax and structure. Since humans, robots, and video environments share many inherently spatial qualities, this natural style of physical programming is particularly well suited to fostering playful interactions with mobile robots in dynamic video environments. As these systems broaden the capabilities of video game technology and human-robot interaction (HRI) they are lowering many existing barriers to integrated video-robot game development and programming. Diverse ALERT video game scenarios and applications are enabling a broad range of gamers, learners, and developers to generate and engage in their own physically interactive games.