Creative Soft Robotics

Revised Project Statement The Interstellar Being project will introduce humans to a never-before-seen alien from beyond our solar system. The monochromatic color scheme of the creature is an extension of its void origins. The creature’s unique anatomy, size, and movement will serve as humanity’s first contact with another organism, that is if they choose to
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Revised Project Statement | Pneumatic Heart/Lungs This project would be a pneumatic heart and lungs linked to a participants heartbeat/breathing. would be collected in real time through This could create an interesting out of body-like experience where the movement of an external object is linked to one of your core subconscious functions. The goal would
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What is the goal? This soft robot will be able to convey emotions of confusion from their host. We will detect the pulse of the person and when it beats faster – the robot will be triggered and start to move to evoke a sign. This robot would be used in classroom settings for students
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Creative Requirements Essential movements: The minimum requirement is the ability to move forward in one direction. The ideal requirement is the ability to move forward and change the direction of movement while moving. Tempo, pace, or speed for each movement: Spees of movement should be relatively slow (although, the speed of movement is less essential,
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There are two things that I would like to look into. First, I would like to look into learning origami or new techniques like bubble casting to create a soft robot. From there, the idea of creating an interactive ecosystem is extremely interesting. Combining these two directions would be extremely fun! I think that the
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A question I’d be interested in resolving is whether I can use sewable silicone robots to physically transform a garment. For example, I could try to roll down the fingers of a glove, or roll up a skirt to reveal a garment underneath. I could also experiment with trying to change the colors of a
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My project idea consists of creating a spider/alien creature with an odd number of appendages. The creature would have dark colors, possibly black to mimic the Alien Xenomorphs. The intentions behind this project would be to explore how people interact/perceive an unusual “organism”. The design would consist of a central soft valve where most of
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Project Idea My project idea is an aquarium exhibit with small soft robotic fish or other creatures which can interact with each other in some way. The actuation methods for each robot will be simple for feasibility. Possible creatures include: fish with soft tails which can actuate to swim, or jellyfish with soft robotic tentacles.
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In 2020 I’ve started a video project that documents my consistent but hopeless attempts to restore my castrated rabbit’s libido. So far, the project included interviews with veterinarians and zoologists and the creation of a sculptural sex doll for the rabbit. My plans for the video are to document two more steps in this bizarre
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Brainstorming Sketches Description: Pneumatic hand powered umbrella. Umbrella with sacs underneath the hinges for the canvas connected to a pump in the handle. Squeezing the handle inflates the sacs and opens the umbrella. Alternatively, the whole cover could inflate. The goal would be to redefine the core interaction of opening an umbrella, not so much
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