Producing compelling behaviors in toys

Group Members:

• Adam ODonovan, University of Maryland
• Anirban Dutta, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
• Bruce Mortimer, Engineering Acoustics Inc.
• Jorg Conradt, TU Munich
• Chang-Woo Shin, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology SAIT
• David Barr, University of Manchester
• David Mascarenas, Los Alamos National Labs
• Daniel Lofaro, Drexel University
• Paco Gomez-Rodriguez, University of Seville
• Georgios Petrou, Edinburgh University - School of Informatics
• Ivo Georgiev, Metropolitan State College of Denver
• janet wiles, University of Queensland
• Malcolm Slaney, Yahoo Research Center
• Matthew Cook, Institute of Neuroinformatics
• Ernst Niebur, Johns Hopkins
• Patrick Kanold, University of Maryland
• Piotr Dudek, The University of Manchester
• Ryad Benjamin Benosman, University Pierre and Marie Curie
• Raphael Juston, Biorobotics/Institute of Movement Sciences
• Ravi Shekhar, University of Florida
• Trushal Chokshi, University of Michigan
• Timmer Horiuchi, University of Maryland
• Tobi Delbruck, Instiute of Neuroinformatics

Organizer: Mark W. Tilden

 Mark Tilden the creator of WowWee Toys RoboSapiens, BioBug, FemiSapiens, and a lifetime of other amazing devices will lead this group. Learn something about the art, craft and industry of making the most of embodiment and economical use of simple sensors to produce lifelike behaviors in tens of millions of units costing under $30 to build.

Materials

• Various WowWee toys - RoboQuad, FemiSapiens, Boa
• 10x new RoboSapiens for hacking
• Town hardware store