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Breakbot: a social motivator for the workplace

Published: 16 August 2010 Publication History

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Workplace injuries commonly result from long periods of inactivity during computer use. Software exists to help remind people to take breaks but is often ineffective. On the basis of design research performed in an office environment, we propose an emotionally expressive companion robot to encourage employees to take breaks and socialize more regularly. Initial reactions to our design were positive, and encourage further investigation.

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DIS '10: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
August 2010
457 pages
ISBN:9781450301039
DOI:10.1145/1858171
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  1. assistive technology
  2. emotional design
  3. human-robot interaction
  4. interpretation
  5. ubiquitous computing

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