Summary: | We describe a novel three dimensional (3D) bi-directional modular input/output device
for choreographing and animating computer creatures called Roboscope. Our system
consists of small, one degree of freedom robotic modules that can be assembled to create
1, 2 and 3 degree of freedom joints that are assembled into moveable and moving figures.
As an input device, movement of the physical figure makes the computer figure move.
As an output device, movement of the computer figure makes the physical figure move.
Roboscope keeps the input and output workspace together and provides true multi-degree
of freedom joints that enables animators to keep their attention focused on one task space
rather than dividing it between screen and physical space. Roboscope also provides
physical playback of stored movements and "undo" abilities for motion editing. These
features support the animators' creative and expressive process better than current inputonly
devices. === Applied Science, Faculty of === Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of === Graduate
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