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    "pk": 26275,
    "title": "Creative Interaction with Blocks and Robots",
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    "abstract": "In order to creatively interact with robots we need to\nunderstand how creative thinkers work with objects to explore\nnew ideas physically. Our approach involves comparing the\nmodel-making strategies of architects with students to expose\nthe creative extras architects bring to working with physical\nmodels. To study this we coded students and architects\nperforming a design task. Architects differed from students\nalong three dimensions. First, architects were more selective;\nthey used fewer blocks overall and fewer variations. Second,\narchitects appear to think more about spatial relationships and\nmaterial constraints. Lastly, architects more often experiment\nwith re-orientations: they position a block one way to see its\nrelations to its neighbors; they reposition it another way to see\nhow that changes how things look and feel. These findings\nsuggest that designers interact with the material more\neffectively than students. This embodied know-how is\nsomething next generation robots can support and possibly\nenhance.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "design thinking; interaction; robotics"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/26r1d00j",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Daniel",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Smithwick",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Larry",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Sass",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "David",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Kirsh",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "UC San Diego",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2016-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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