RobotPHONE is a robotic interface for phone call communication. The final prototype is a voice communication system with a couple robotic teddy bears. The robotic system makes the couple bears have synchronic movement. In a phone call one can move the head or hands of the bear so that the partner's bear shakes head or waves hands.
Source: Sekiguchi, D., Inami, M., Tachi, S. RobotPHONE: RUI for Interpersonal Communication. In Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '01) Pages 277-278, 2001
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