Puffy, inflatable mobile interactive companion for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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"Puffy - an Inflatable Mobile Interactive Companion for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3027063.3053245)"

by Mirko Gelsomini, Giulia Leonardi, Marzia Degiorgi, Franca Garzotto, Simone Penati, Jacopo Silvestri, Noëlie Ramuzat, Francesco Clasadonte
May 6 - 11, 2017

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https://youtu.be/10gCiClVWM0

Puffy - an Inflatable Mobile Interactive Companion for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Published on May 3, 2017


Puffy - an Inflatable Mobile Interactive Companion for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Mirko Gelsomini, Giulia Leonardi, Marzia Degiorgi, Franca Garzotto, Simone Penati, Jacopo Silvestri, Noëlie RAMUZAT, Francesco Clasadonte

CHI'17: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Late-Breaking Work

Abstract:
The paper describes the design of Puffy, a robotic companion for children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders that has been developed in cooperation with a team of therapists and special educators. Puffy has a combination of features which makes it unique with respect to existing robots for this target group. Puffy is mobile and its egg-shaped body is inflatable and soft. Puffy can interpret children's gestures and movements, facial expressions and emotions. It communicates using voice, lights, movements in space, as well as inside-out projections in its body.