2. Robotic Toys Kanako Sakuraba CIS 203 Dr. Wang Fall 2001

3. Types of Robotic toys Interactive Close to the images of robots in S.F. User can not tell what it will act next. (BBR&Autonomous) Learning through interactions Innovative Like industry robots User programs what it will do next. (RR) Build, Program and Run

4. Examples of Interactive Touch sensor Voice Recognition Main Switch Bone Sensor http://www.us.aibo.com/ers_210/ers_210_spec.php http://poo-chi.segatoys.co.jp/shoukai/sup_set.htmlhttp://poo-chi.segatoys.co.jp/shoukai/sup_set.html (in Japanese)

5. Examples of Innovative http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN2/B00005NLID/qid=1007768153/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_75_1/102- 9696585-7208968 http://www.fischerwerke.de/test/ft/englisch/fi_index.html

6. World of MindStorms Competitions In universities For younger kids Great Creativities http://mindstorms.lego.com/inventions/image.asp?img=DBD7BDD02B567A15ACAF6F9424616513image1.jpg

7. Building My Robot Car Choose what I build Follow the building manual Set a goal for the day Find Right Parts Program the robot Run and test Reprogram when needed Done

8. Pseudo Code for Deliverer |----------------------------------------------------------| if(light != 1)if(touch3==1) go forward;go back and turn else { beep; if (touch2 !=0) { load } stop; back and turn; go forward; counter++; if(counter>0) { unload&&back and turn; }

9. Robotic Toys (good and bad) Advantages Less being bored of Increase the interactions between adults and children Help users to learn A.I. Disadvantage Fragile Frustrating Sometime require intellectual Cause losing the real life responsibility

10. Future of Robotic Toys Create the environment in which people can learn with a lot of fun Help the improvement of humanoid robot Help the robots give the right to “live” in a real world