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Prototyping with Monkeys: Uncovering What Buttons for Monkeys Look Like

Kankaanpää, V. and Hirskyj-Douglas, I. (2023) Prototyping with Monkeys: Uncovering What Buttons for Monkeys Look Like. In: Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’23), Warsaw, Poland, 26 Feb - 01 Mar 2023, p. 4. ISBN 9781450399777 (doi: 10.1145/3569009.3572735)

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Abstract

Although much work has focused on designing touch interfaces for primates, little is known about how physical computer buttons for monkeys would look. Here, we employ the rapid prototyping method commonly used in human–computer interaction to design tangible buttons for monkeys allowing them to interact with computer enrichment. Our findings reflect on the process of altering rapid prototyping from humans to animals and how computer buttons for monkeys might look. On this basis, we make suggestions for monkey buttons, highlighting colour and pull/swing over push/touch interactions. We also reflect on lessons learned from transferring prototyping across species, such as the need to iterate on a few variables and for initial prototypes to be varied, and speculate on how to balance the designer (human) and user (animals) needs. More broadly, this paper builds upon HCI prototyping techniques for unconventional users, creating a method for rapid iterative prototyping with animals.

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Additional Information:This work was supported by the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowship [grant 2514].
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Kankaanpaa, Ms Vilma and Hirskyj-Douglas, Dr Ilyena
Authors: Kankaanpää, V., and Hirskyj-Douglas, I.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
ISBN:9781450399777
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2023 Association for Computing Machinery
First Published:First published in Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’23): 4
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy
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