{"pk":26275,"title":"Creative Interaction with Blocks and Robots","subtitle":null,"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":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"design thinking; interaction; robotics"}],"section":"Papers","is_remote":true,"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","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/26275/galley/15911/download/"}]}