Pick and place applications have long been a standard for industrial robotic manufacturing and constitute one of the most basic categories of robotic control. This project investigates the tectonic potential of architectural framing systems relative to complex material arrays. What structural and spatial possibilities are generated by precisely locating framing members in three dimensions?
DESIGN PROBLEM:
Build an array of 50(+/-) sticks, which spans a distance of 36 inches. All sticks must be placed using a custom robotic end effector
KEY SKILLS:
Create custom tools for robotic applications
Define work objects within a work cell
Precisely index materials in multiple positions
Program basic robotic motion
Tool Path - Gripper Mortion Diagram
Modeling in Grasshopper
Fabrication Process
DYNAMIC INTERACTIVE TUBE WALL
http://code.arc.cmu.edu/workinprogess/interactive-tube-wall/
EXPLORATION OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THREE KINDS OF SPACES:
First, there is the virtual space of dynamic software.
Second there is the physical space of dynamic hardware.
Third there is the 'inner' space of human experience in real time. I think of this as a form of choreography.
For this project I am designing a wall that people interact with as a dynamic surface. The surface of the wall is generated by a large number of holes. These create a visual effect, which is intentionally both alluring and intriguing. However, the wall's function is to respond to human action
The challenges of this project were to create and make something that is both tangible and interactive. I wanted to explore some key questions generated by these challenges:
CHALLENGES:
What situation am I trying to create? And what factors of this situation do I need to take into account? For instance scale; proxemics; social dynamics; the relationship between the machine and the human
What kind of experience am I trying to create for people? Relaxation? Horror? Stress? Fun?
How could I make use of people's senses? I wanted to move beyond sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch to explore kinaesthetic phenomena; the body's sense of balance, acceleration, temperature, pain, time etc.
What kinds of systems (sensors and actuators) could I use to response to these concerns? What software and hardware to use?
What kind of computational aesthetics to use? Here I was looking to explore parametric connections between physical architecture and virtual computation to generate my dynamic surface...
So, there is a robot behind the wall. The robot uses a Kinect camera to detect proxemics and movement. It then acts on the wall — animating the holes...
ROBOTIC FABRICATION
These projects are done in
" Robotics and Fabrication Affordance in Digital Design" and , "Fabrication Customization" Courses,
Special Thanks to Professor Jeremy Ficca and Professor Joshua Bard
Spring 2013 - Fall 2014
http://code.arc.cmu.edu/workinprogess/interactive-tube-wall/
ROTATED STICKS
SHEET METAL FOLDING WITH MULTI AXIS ROBOT
Work in Progress