Over the past decades, the field and community of ACI have significantly expanded and become ever more inclusive. The interac/ons being studied and designed have been diversifying, to include dyadic and distributed, direct and indirect, cogni/ve and physical, co-located and remote ones. The animal stakeholders have been represen/ng a growing number of species in increasingly diverse sehngs, such as homes, zoos, farms and wilderness. The theore/cal and methodological lenses from which animal-computer interac/ons are being examined are also mul/plying, championed by researchers and prac//oners from a widening range of disciplines. What unites these diverse efforts is the fundamental aim of understanding and developing animal-centred interac/ons and compu/ng-enabled technologies that benefit animals in the contexts in which they live, and that foster mutually nurturing and sustainable human-animal rela/ons.
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Behavioral and Environmental Analytics from Potential Guide Dogs with IoT Sensor Data Informed by Expert Insight
Producing successful guide dogs for the visually impaired is a costly process and many dogs do not succeed in training. Identifying and screening successful dogs early is vital for the success of guide dog programs. Volunteer puppy raising is an ...
Using Inertial Measurement Unit Data for Objective Evaluations of Potential Guide Dogs
As puppies progress through the training process to become guide dogs, they regularly undergo standard evaluations to assess their temperament. These evaluations consist of exposing the dogs to several stimuli while a highly-experienced observer scores ...
Developing Zoo Technology Requirements for White-Faced Saki Monkeys
How early technology requirements are formed for animals involves asking humans caring for the animal to give requirements for them. For zoo animals, this is the keeper and other experts who work with the animal. This requirement gathering process is ...
Understanding Dogs' Engagement with Interactive Games: Interaction Style, Behaviour and Personality
Dogs are being increasingly exposed to interactive technology aiming to entertain them with playful experiences. However, work that investigates how dogs engage with tangible play interfaces, whether they manifest different interaction patterns and how ...
Drone Delivery Service: An Orangutan Enrichment Pilot Study
Animal enrichment in zoos is evolving faster than ever, with more technical approaches being found across disciplines, particularly in Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI). Captive orangutans are a unique population that are commonly impacted by health ...
Is Nothing Better Than Something?: A Preliminary Investigation into Disembodied Stimuli for Home Alone Dogs
Remote communication technologies have become an essential tool in connecting families separated by distance. At the same time, as our notion of family moves beyond human members to include our pets, an increasing number of multi-species remote ...
Exploring the Needs and Ways to Use Virtual Reality to Understand Animals' Perceptions: A Field Study in a Science Workshop and Exhibition
- Haruka Kasuga,
- Machiko Ohashi,
- Masataka Yamamoto,
- Yusuke Konishi,
- Haruna Kitamura,
- Yuichiro Ikeda,
- Takashi Murai
Knowledge of how animals perceive the world can provide a method of understanding them. Recently, it has become easier to experience augmented vision, particularly using head-mounted display virtual reality (HMD-VR). Research on the use of HMD-VRs for ...
Use of a Tablet-Based Communication Board and Subsequent Choice and Behavioral Correspondences in a Goffin's Cockatoo (Cacatua goffiana)
An enculturated Goffin's cockatoo (Cacatua goffiana) was taught to use a commercially available, android-based communication board. Through associative conditioning, the subject learned to press pictures representing items in categories for foods, ...
Who Moved My Culture?: Expanding Anthropological Perspectives in ACI
In this position paper, we discuss the potential for cross-fertilization between the disciplines of animal-computer interaction (ACI) and cultural anthropology. Through an analysis of the animal-technology-human triad in the Western familial and ...
Inertial Measurement Based Heart and Respiration Rate Estimation of Dogs During Sleep for Welfare Monitoring
The earlier stages of training for a puppy to become a guide dog incorporates spending time away from guide dog schools with volunteer raisers providing puppies a safe environment to grow while they learn basic obedience and receive socialization ...
Movement Patterns as Enrichment: Exploratory Canine-Drone Interaction Pilot Study
Outdoor enrichment has a variety of potential uses for increasing physical activity and strengthening companion animal bonds. In this pilot protocol, we aim to explore a species-centric evaluation of drone flying patterns and distances for enrichment ...
Towards a Methodology for Data-Driven Automatic Analysis of Animal Behavioral Patterns
- Tom Menaker,
- Anna Zamansky,
- Dirk van der Linden,
- Dmitry Kaplun,
- Aleksandr Sinitica,
- Sabrina Karl,
- Ludwig Huber
Measurement of behavior a major challenge in many animal-related disciplines, including ACI. This usually requires choosing specific parameters for measuring, related to the investigated hypothesis. Therefore, a key challenge is determining a priori ...
Towards Animal Computer Interaction Testing for Assistive Canine Training: Considerations and Recommendations
The technology age has witnessed the integration of technologies into almost every aspect of human life. The introduction of technology to animals is a new frontier of interest for research. This research is a part of a larger study that examines how to ...
The Ideal Care Robot for Dogs vs. Cats Based on an Online Survey
Companion animals have been our social partners since ancient times. These animals, particularly dogs and cats, are also kept in households as family members. However, fewer people are able to take care of animals at home due to the increasing numbers ...
Platypus Surfing: In Search of the Perfect Wave
For this project, we design a self-activated wave enrichment system for a solo male platypus, 'Sam', at Melbourne Zoo. We develop a sensor system that Sam can learn to activate by swimming near the device to trigger a wave sequence, providing both ...
Monitoring the Welfare of Bears in Captivity
Humans and bears have shared a tenuous relationship, typically to the detriment of bears' welfare. Today, sanctuaries housing rescued 'tamed' bears aim to provide appropriate lodging, nutrition and medical care. However, the practicality and oversight ...
Data-Driven Analysis of Animal Behavioral Patterns
Measurement of behavior is a major challenge in many animal-related disciplines, including ACI. This usually requires choosing specific parameters for measuring, related to the investigated hypothesis. Therefore, a key challenge is determining what a ...
Making-with: Nonhuman Animal Inclusivity in an Electronic Literature Practice
This paper reports on the early phases of a creative research project that aims to investigate ways in which a digital creative writing practices can incorporate domesticated dog co-creators in morally justifiable ways. I use a digital writing practice ...
Examining The Animal-Human Bond Through The Lens Of Telepresence
While the field of Animal-Computer Interaction is an emerging one, the main focus has still been on anthropocentric approaches to dog technology, assuming that technology that works for humans would also work for dogs. ACI research often examines ways ...
Designing Technologies for Playful Interspecies Communication
This one-day workshop examined how we might use technologies to support design for playful interspecies communication and considered some of the potential implications. We explored aspects of playful technology and reflected on what opportunities ...
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- Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction
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