Design Of A New PumaPaint Interface And Its Use in One Year of Operation
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Design Of A New PumaPaint Interface And Its Use in One Year of Operation Roger Williams University Bristol, RI ICRA2004 April 28, 2004 Michael Coristine Undergraduate Student Matthew Stein Associate Professor of Engineering
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Design Of A New PumaPaint Interface And Its Use in One Year of Operation. Roger Williams University Bristol, RI. ICRA2004April 28, 2004. What is PumaPaint?. Online robot that does one thing Java interface to let users do it Demonstration of remote telerobotic control Not a plotter - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Design Of A New PumaPaint Interface And Its Use in One Year of Operation
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI
ICRA2004 April 28, 2004
Michael CoristineUndergraduate
Student
Matthew SteinAssociate Professor
of Engineering
What is PumaPaint?
Online robot that does one thingJava interface to let users do itDemonstration of remote telerobotic controlNot a plotterWWW site for creating and receiving a physical artifact
Origins
Wilkes University 1998-2000
Roger Williams University
2002-Present
Roughly 40,000 users to date
The Java Interface
Original InterfaceEnglish text predominantSomewhat flat, grayNot entirely intuitive
This project
Develop a new interface using Java2/SwingMove from English text to iconsProvide a warmer feelUndergraduate independent study for two semesters
The New Java2 Interface
OK, it’s still kind of flat and gray
Some key improvements
Camera windowsA. Ryan TieboutWinTV cardCGI interface and controlsNear live video
Some key improvements
Context sensitive mouse
Brush Colors
Some key improvements
Animated buttonsGrayed out when invalidShows current color
Some key improvements
Slider animations
Unintended consequences
Slider animations can be confused with actions
Return “Dip” button
Do you move the slider to paint?
May be misleading indication of contact
One year usage
Source: httpd logAugust ’02-August ‘03
Total
Distinct
Main Page 9391 4848PumaPaint class 2720 2472“Class not found”
1716
Intersection 239Roughly 2500 people connected upAbout 40% of potential users did not have Java2Of those, 14% apparently bothered to obtain the plug-in and return to download the interface
What did they do with it?
Typical canvasLots of textLots of scribble
What did they do with it?
Some nice piecesSome mailed to users
Not all
Recent Phenomenon
Dedicated vandal
Recent Phenomenon
Metronome like strokes
Automated issuance of commands?
Hundreds of hours connected
Recent Phenomenon
Likes to tear down the paperMetronome strokes on easel
AOL user from New JerseyAsked for canvases but ignored repeated requests to explain techniques or motivation
Summary
Site continues as a vehicle for undergraduate projectsOnline 5 years and counting*Still interested in paintingsDedicated vandal something newCurrently developing 3D manipulation using anthropomorphic hands to model clay
