3. Explore - Interaction Storyboarding

Now, let’s create a comic strip showing the interaction your robot will have. Think about the robot and character you designed, the problem your robot is solving, and the backstory motivating the character. Now you’ll design an example interaction between your robot and their target audience.

Plan

Draft a high-level storyboard of the entire interaction, then break it down into detailed frames using the worksheet:

[!TIP] You can also download the Tabloid Size Storyboarding Sheet (PDF) if you need more drawing space!

Build

Next, start drawing your story frames. Make sure each panel includes:

1. Drawings of the interactant and your robot.
2. Emotional tags or visual cues (e.g. smiles, chevrons, surprise).
3. Quotes representing the robot’s speech or user responses.

As you plan out the panels, think about branching outcomes (e.g. what if the user says yes? what if they say no?).