PINOKY: A ring that animates your plush toys

Yuta Sugiura, Calista Lee, Anusha Withana, Yasutoshi Makino, Masahiko Inami, Takeo Igarashi

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

PINOKY is a wireless ring-like device that can be externally attached to any plush toy as an accessory that animates the toy, such as by moving its limbs. A user is thus able to instantly convert any plush toy into a soft robot. The user can control the toy remotely or input the movement desired by moving the plush toy and having the data recorded and played back. Unlike other methods for animating plush toys, PINOKY is non-intrusive, so alterations to the toy are not required.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSIGGRAPH Asia 2011 Emerging Technologies, SA'11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
EventSIGGRAPH Asia 2011 Emerging Technologies, SA'11 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 2011 Dec 122011 Dec 15

Publication series

NameSIGGRAPH Asia 2011 Emerging Technologies, SA'11

Other

OtherSIGGRAPH Asia 2011 Emerging Technologies, SA'11
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period11/12/1211/12/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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