A Telepresence System using Toy Robots the Users can Assemble and Manipulate with Finger Plays and Hand Shadow

The authors report a telepresence system using toy robots. The robots can be assembled and set up for telepresence by the user easily. The robots are manipulated with hand gestures of finger play and hand shadow without instructtion, since the users already know these gestures by their experience. Through the experiment, the system was found to be easy to use, and the users felt familiar with the robot and didn't feel nervous.