This week we met at the lab and discussed about our robotic object. Oren told us we need to focus a little bit more, and that's why we decided to focus on the interaction between the driver and the passengers before the initial interaction, in which they are supposed to bless each other.
Hence, we decided to prime a positive interaction between the two, by changing the passenger's behavior, encouraging him to act positively at the moment he will meet the driver.
Our robotic object, called DAPI, will recognize the passenger and then will accompany him. This interaction starts at the moment the passenger gets in the bus.
While the passenger reacts to the robotic object (smiling, laughing, etc.), the driver will expect (or not) to interact with the passenger- depends on the way the passenger reacts with the robotic object. In that way, the driver will know if the passenger is willing to interact with him, by watching how he interacts with DAPI.
Moreover, this week we wrote our MVP- minimal viable product, and prepared even a more accurate flow, in order to focus a bit more. We draw a sketch of how DAPI will look At the bus space:
That's it for this week, continue being updated on our blog :)