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    Written Description: The initial steps in this workflow involve using a sandbox as a zen drawing template. By using sand as the drawing medium, it makes it easy to create and reset patterns. As a pattern or shape is being drawn, Motive captures the motion of the hand tool moving through the sand. Grasshopper
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Hybrid Skill Workflow Diagram:   Input: Transformation: Output:   Written Description: The first step in this workflow involves using a sandbox for the drawing template. By using sand as the drawing medium, it makes it easy to create and reset patterns. Once a pattern is drawn it can either be modified or saved to be
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1. Hybrid Skill Workflow Diagram 2.Annotated Drawings   Input: Transformation:   Process: Left: Input, in which cardboard forms that represent buildings are arranged on a 2′ x 2′ table and whiteboard surface under a Kinect. Green spaces (green), roads (purple), and bodies of water (blue) are drawn in with markers. A boundary (cyan) for the
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Hybrid Skill Workflow Physical Workcell Diagram  

We brought in Matt Constant as our expert for this project. He is a graffiti artist and we used the Motive motion capture system to track the position and orientation of his spray can as he created his artwork. We first created a fixture that held 3 reflective motion tracking spheres in order to allow the software
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