Autonomous Robot Part 3: Ghosty

Introduction Ghosty is an autonomous little robot who is adventurous and loves to explore his surroundings. However, unlike a normal ghost, he doesn’t like to scare people. Instead they actually scare him! In our most current version of Ghosty, his

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Autonomous Robot Part 3: Ghosty

Introduction Ghosty is an autonomous little robot who is adventurous and loves to explore his surroundings. However, unlike a normal ghost, he doesn’t like to scare people. Instead they actually scare him! In our most current version of Ghosty, his

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Final Project – Non-Newtonian Composition

Group members/Roles: Aditi Sarkar and Becca Epstein as Tutors, Integrators, Designers and Scribes Introduction Our project explores the properties of non-Newtonian fluids, specifically oobleck. We created a theater and manipulated the stage to see the different forms and motions it created in

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Final Project – Non-Newtonian Composition

Group members/Roles: Aditi Sarkar and Becca Epstein as Tutors, Integrators, Designers and Scribes Introduction Our project explores the properties of non-Newtonian fluids, specifically oobleck. We created a theater and manipulated the stage to see the different forms and motions it created in

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Final Project Sketch – Weaver

  Everyone is the subject of fear. From common apprehension about making it to a location at a certain time to full blown fantasies of what lurks in the darkness, everyone experiences nervousness. Sometimes, this uncertainty can prompt us to

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Final Project Sketch – Weaver

  Everyone is the subject of fear. From common apprehension about making it to a location at a certain time to full blown fantasies of what lurks in the darkness, everyone experiences nervousness. Sometimes, this uncertainty can prompt us to

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Final Project Sketch – Clip on drawing bot

Team: Claire Hentschker Plan: For this project I plan to make a set of clip on drawing apparatuses that will activate an object they are attached to, turning anything into a drawing machine. Each set of clips will have a sensor,

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Final Project Sketch – Clip on drawing bot

Team: Claire Hentschker Plan: For this project I plan to make a set of clip on drawing apparatuses that will activate an object they are attached to, turning anything into a drawing machine. Each set of clips will have a sensor,

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Final Project Sketch – Columbina’s Companion

This is the diagram of our actor robot. The base is a Rover 2.0 tank RC robot. The head is a helium balloon. The center arm can bend down when the motor at the base tightens a string running up

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Final Project Sketch – Columbina’s Companion

This is the diagram of our actor robot. The base is a Rover 2.0 tank RC robot. The head is a helium balloon. The center arm can bend down when the motor at the base tightens a string running up

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Final Project Sketch – EMF Sensor

EMF Sensor Team: Annabelle Lee and Sara Johnson Proposal: We plan to produce a product that would allow users to experience EMF/RF sensing capabilities through tactile, and possibly aural or visual, sensory inputs. RF signals will be picked up by

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Final Project Sketch – EMF Sensor

EMF Sensor Team: Annabelle Lee and Sara Johnson Proposal: We plan to produce a product that would allow users to experience EMF/RF sensing capabilities through tactile, and possibly aural or visual, sensory inputs. RF signals will be picked up by

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Final Project Sketch – Sensing People

Group Members: Brian Yang and Luke Hottinger Roles: Not Yet Introduction One major problem faced in the world of physical computing and intelligent environments is the fact the most environments are not intelligent.  We attempt to sense and interact with rooms

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Final Project Sketch – Sensing People

Group Members: Brian Yang and Luke Hottinger Roles: Not Yet Introduction One major problem faced in the world of physical computing and intelligent environments is the fact the most environments are not intelligent.  We attempt to sense and interact with rooms

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Final Project Sketch – Black Hands

Group: Kaan Doğrusöz, Myles Blodnick, Jonathan D. Ortiz Proposal: Our group wants to create two wireless feedback devices that spill ink onto the user’s hand based on pulse spikes from the other user’s device. The premise is to create a

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Final Project Sketch – Black Hands

Group: Kaan Doğrusöz, Myles Blodnick, Jonathan D. Ortiz Proposal: Our group wants to create two wireless feedback devices that spill ink onto the user’s hand based on pulse spikes from the other user’s device. The premise is to create a

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Final Project Sketch – Computer Vision Block Synthesizer

  Team members: Marc Julien, Kaitlin Schaer Our idea for the physical computing final project is to build a computer vision synthesizer toy. Using the Open CV python libraries, and a virtual midi synthesizer, we will create a product that

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Final Project Sketch – Computer Vision Block Synthesizer

  Team members: Marc Julien, Kaitlin Schaer Our idea for the physical computing final project is to build a computer vision synthesizer toy. Using the Open CV python libraries, and a virtual midi synthesizer, we will create a product that

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Final Project Sketch – Emotion Sensing

Facial expressions are one of the primary ways we interact with and read human emotion. Emotion can also be sensed with biometric signals such as heart rate and skin conductance resistance (SCR). Our project will map these signals to four

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Final Project Sketch – Emotion Sensing

Facial expressions are one of the primary ways we interact with and read human emotion. Emotion can also be sensed with biometric signals such as heart rate and skin conductance resistance (SCR). Our project will map these signals to four

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