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Interactive robot theatre

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Engaging a human audience through sight, sound, scent, and touch while following a loosely constrained storyline, the Public Anemone and fellow autonomous characters are let loose to entertain---sociably.

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                cover image Communications of the ACM
                Communications of the ACM  Volume 46, Issue 7
                A game experience in every application
                July 2003
                129 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/792704
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