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Sleep or Die – Kirman + Oshadha

This twist on a carnival game is intended to trick its user into thinking they have the possibility of sleeping. As the wheel is spun an accelerometer measures…

Demo 5 – Tricky Box (Vivek and Sora)

Demo5 – Tricky Box The device created is a box that tricks users into trying to store something in it. While the user is relatively far away from…

Demo 5 – The Amazing Self-Righting Box – npaiva & hengruiz

The Amazing Self-Righting Box is a device that automatically rights itself when tipped over. The deception is simple. The box indicates that the “right side” is one way,…

Demo 5: Fetch Toy

Wayne Liu Justin Kufro This prototype machine allows you to play fetch with your dog hands-free under a sort-of fixed-ratio reinforcement schedule. The machine will most dominantly fake…

Demo 4 – Antisocial Robot

VSANAND & MMONG – DEMO4 The robot is designed to respond negatively when someone gets close to it. using the ultrasonic sensor, it detects whether an object is…

Demo 4 Flower

<h4>Denise Li</h4> <h4>Justin Kufro</h4> Flowers need sunlight to survive, so to make our artificial flower fit in we gave it the ability to search for sufficient light sources….

Demo 3 – The Conversation (Henry, Vivek)

Demo 3 – The Conversation Henry Zhang, Vivek Anand (Partner – Henry Zhang) The mechanism built consists of two robots that push switches to interact with each other….

jkufro Demo 3: Responsive Cars

Justin Kufro Partner: Oshada Gunasekara These responsive cars are made to communicate through sensing the world through limit switches. One car moves only when its limit switch is…

Demo 2 – An Unfortunate Little Robot

Summary When you plug this little robot in, all he wants to do is unplug himself and go back to sleep. Unfortunately for him, the cable is so…

Demo 2: Ele-thump

Summary: Ele-thump is a lasercut pratfall device which combines the principles of stored spring energy and changing its mass distribution in order to cause itself to fall over…