Spud

Spud

A small and sassy robot that helps you in social situations.

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How does Spud help?

Spud uses different facial expressions and body movements to express its emotions to assist you in social situations.

You can choose its personality depending on your mood.
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Alert Spud

Alert

When you want to be alone to have some peace and quiet.
Friendly Spud

Friendly

When you want to socialise with others and have some fun.

Features

What makes Spud fun and interactive in everyday life?
feather
Portable
listen
Listens to its Surroundings
sense
Senses People Around you
move
Moves to Express Itself
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Process

How was Spud built?
Sassy Tech paper

Ideas

Generated ideas on Sassy Tech
Researched on robots, body language & facial expressions

Research

Inside Out cartoon characters
Sketches

Sketches

Sketched out different robots
Carried out user testing with participants

Testing

User testing with a figurine
Spud v.1

Spud v.1

The first version of Spud
The current version of Spud

Spud v.2

Spud
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Team

The projects of the Hand Gang

Spud

Spud

The Helping Hand

Helping Hand

Sassy Tech

Robots with a personality.

Both robots have the same function of helping the user in social situations but in very different forms.
Shao Qi Tan  ·  DECO7385 Physical Computing & Interaction Design Studio 2020  ·  The University of Queensland