Things that hover: interaction with tiny battery-less robots on desktop

Authors:
Takashi Miyaki;Yong Ding;Behnam Banitalebi;Michael Beigl
Affiliations:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany;Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany;Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany;Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Venue:
CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This paper presents computationally and physically augmented desktop objects - "Things that hover" - that is capable of moving autonomously on desktop, and discusses about technical mechanisms, future possible interaction styles and applications based on this architecture. A goal of the design is to create self-moving robotic modules on top of a flat surface. Integrating lightweight piezoelectric air-blow actuators and contact-less power providing technology from desktop surface, tiny robots can hover and control the direction of movement without any battery, which illustrates that our approach is practically feasible.