As someone who has traveled a lot, I have come to face a lot of loneliness while being apart from family, friends and anything familiar. I am creating interactive robots to address the theme of loneliness. I will focus on friendship and how just being with someone you know can make you happy and less lonely. My main visual component is alien-esque beings who are friends and who will recognize each other to demonstrate my concept.
With these robot friends I am going to make them sad while apart. I will use sound to covey this, i.e. have them crying while apart. When moved close together they will become happy. I will show this again using sound, i.e. giggling sounds. I am going to make one robot a sensor and the other the senseé. I’m not sure which kind of sensor will be most efficient since I haven’t worked with sensors before. Between research and trail and error, I will find out which sensor would be best for this situation. They will be alien-esque creatures from a distant planet. Depending on which designs are chosen, they will be the same colour, shape, face or any other one defining feature to show that they belong together. They would not be much more than a few inches tall (small teddy bear size) and would be portable.
If marketed like toys, these alien friends would be the new age (and new media) friendship bracelets. Kids would not only have their own friend and companion but when brought together with their best friend’s matching creature, there is a new bond and connection on both levels. Sharing the two aliens between two friends and bringing them together when the friends are together can represent the joys of friendship, not only between the two aliens but actual people.
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