Multimodal programming environment for kids: a "thought bubble" interface for the Pleo robotic character

Authors:
Kimiko Ryokai;Michael Jongseon Lee;Jonathan Micah Breitbart
Affiliations:
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA;University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA;University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Venue:
CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2009

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Abstract

We introduce a mixed physical and digital programming environment for children to control robotic characters. We present our design rationale, our initial prototype, report the results from our initial evaluation, and discuss ongoing work.