Spring 2019: AI Smart Toys
Instructor: Stefania Druga
Total time 1.5 Month
Playtime accounts for one of the most critical learning periods for children, as they learn how to interact and socialize with their playmates. Ballbit Adventure is a new kind of cooperation-based physical game that provides a collaborative environment for children to communicate, cooperate, and empathize through solving challenges in an interactive maze. Each player must drive a robotic ball (Sphero) and work together to complete different tasks that would ultimately lead them to the finish line. Through the format of a physical racing game, Ballbit Adventure hopes to show the value of face-to-face play experience to counterbalance the disconnected online interactions that children have with video games.
This project was a collaborative effort with Charlie Zhang.
Demo video:
RISD Industrial Design user test:
Lexington Montessori School user test:
Arduino enhanced foam core prototypes:
Final prototype process:
Process video:
