TELE-PUPPETRY PLATFORM

摘要

An edutainment platform comprising puppets built with the platform technologies presented herein make toy characters exhibit emotional sensitivity and social intelligence and adaptability, giving the impression of being alive and growing with the child. One or more puppets are capable of performing puppet behaviors including movement and playback of sound. Puppet behaviors are encoded as meta-data associated with a story such as a TV show or video game. A puppet base station receives the story and associated meta-data and instructs the puppets when to exhibit certain behaviors. The puppets also contain a variety of sensors to gather information about their surroundings. Sensor data is analyzed by puppet base station or the puppet itself in order to determine behaviors that should be performed in response to the collected sensor data.