Zhiling Xu
Haipeng Mi
ABSTRACT
Smartphones have become an integral part of people's daily lives, closely linked to emotions and needs, making emotional design increasingly important. Therefore, we designed the robot ORBO, expanding the functionality of smartphones. ORBO focuses on peripheral interaction, featuring emotional intelligence and anthropomorphic characteristics, including expressive eyes. This paper constructs the design space of ORBO, including information input, eye expression output, and emotional interaction. ORBO is responsive to the phone's status and user behavior, utilizing eye expressions to convey emotions, such as curiosity, joy, sadness, sleepiness, and anger, enhancing the interactive experience between users and smartphones. Through prototypes, we demonstrate several scenarios of ORBO applications (daily companionship and entertainment, addressing smartphone overuse, displaying phone status). Furthermore, we discuss potential future research opportunities and applications for ORBO.
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Index Terms
- ORBO: The Emotionally Intelligent Anthropomorphic Robot Enhancing Smartphone Interaction
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