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Comics, robots, fashion and programming: outlining the concept of actDresses

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This paper concerns the design of physical languages for controlling and programming robotic consumer products. For this purpose we explore basic theories of semiotics represented in the two separate fields of comics and fashion, and how these could be used as resources in the development of new physical languages. Based on these theories, the design concept of actDresses is defined, and supplemented by three example scenarios of how the concept can be used for controlling, programming, and predicting the behaviour of robotic systems.

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    TEI '09: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction
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