I Comici Roboti: Performing the Lazzo of the Statue from the Commedia Dell’Arte

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We are combining robotics and puppetry to build a multi- robot team that performs a lazzo from the Commedia dell'Arte. The robots are built on lego bases using a Handyboard processor. The robots communicate with each other and with a human director via radio links. Our robot hardware and software are described, as our experiences at AAAI-02