The Look, the Feel and the Action: Making Sets of ActDresses for Robotic Movement

The authors present a series of design explorations for controlling autonomous robotic movement based on a metaphor of clothing and accessorising. From working with various sketches, scenarios and prototypes they identify a number of particular features of this form of interaction, as well potential challenges for designers of other systems based on this design concept. Finally they conclude with a few general implications, especially concerning the inert properties of visibility, physicality and modularity with respect to the particular case of interaction and robotic movement.