Final Documentation: Haptic Mobility

Joey Wood & Sebastian Carpenter Statement of Narrative: Haptic Mobility is a shared tactile experience. Two participants take remote control of a small bug-like robot with limited mobility….

Empathy Machine Final Report

By Jordi Long and Zhecui Zhang (Doris) Concept: The specific feeling that we are trying to evoke is inter-species compassion. We are attempting to create empathy in the viewer…

Piano Tutor – Final

Final Product – Simulation Final Product – Real PROJECT FILE: PROJECT STATEMENT: We set out to create a performance that told the story of the mentor-mentee dynamic. We…

Piano Tutor Simulation Video

Final simulation video for piano tutor

Piano Tutor sim 4.1

Updated simulator for Piano Tutor.This version of simulation more accurately represents how the final product will be structured.

Shared Tactility Phase 3 Simulation

This week we put together some webots simulations of the robot. Each leg is being manually controlled by keyboard input. Also, I spent a little time in the…

Joey & Sebastian Shared Tactility Conceptual Statement

Conceptual Statement Our piece invites two viewers to work together to teleoperate a helpless two-legged crawling robot traversing a children’s sandbox. Together they inhabit its body; each controlling…

Doris and Jordi Project Conceptual Statement

The specific feeling that we are trying to evoke is inter-species compassion. We are attempting to create empathy in the viewer toward the robot in the scene. The…

Project Direction: Piano

This piece focuses on representing the dynamics of a mentor/mentee relationship using simple robots performing a simple task: playing the piano. The performance is a series of call-and-response…

Project Direction: Tactile Worlds

General Concept and Direction We settled on pursuing the tactile worlds project, but significantly changing the form, while keeping the basic interactions the same. The project still consist…