Category: Robot
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MAKEUP MAN
Makeup Man Programming and Physical Computing: Mingyue Chen Fabrication: Ricky Zhang Tools: Arduino, Laser Cut Date: 2021.5 We designed a makeup robot that uses its legs to help the customer choose personalized makeup. To create a fun robot, we decided on one that uses its legs instead of its hands to apply makeup. When customers go to…
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Blog9-PROCESS
For this week, we change the idea of the proposal a little bit. We decided to make a makeup assistant machine instead of a drawing machine due to the final result. The mechanism is almost the same, but we replace drawing pigment with makeup powder. I think this would add more fun to the project.…
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Blog8-PROPOSAL
Luna & Ricky Our idea is to make a drawing machine that will respond to music/human sound. The different emotions detected in the sound will affect the machine’s drawing. For example, if the sound is loud and annoying, the machine will draw swift and rush, while if the sound is a piece of music, the…
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Catapult
Catapult Programming：Mingyue Chen Fabrication: Ricky Zhang Tools: Arduino, Laser Cut Date: 2021.4 The concept is to create an adaptable catapult that interacts with users by aiming at the target using sensors. The aiming is done with an ultrasonic sensor in combination with the speed and angle of the servo motor. By plotting a graph, we can predict…
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BLOG5&6-MIDTERM
Personality The personality of our robot would be “a curious toddler” who loves asking questions. Some advanced robots like Siri will answer the questions smartly, but few robots would ask the user questions. Therefore, we plan to design a robot that loves to ask questions for learning. We choose the question “what is love” because…
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BLOG4-ROBOTIC ART
The work of Sougwen is a clear example of robotic arts She draws the example first and then lets the robot learn her hand. After learning the way she is drawing, the robot begins to create a similar style of art. In this case, the robot functions as an artist’s imitator and helps the artist…
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BLOG3-IMPERFECT MACHINE
For a long time, the machine is considered a precise and non-human device, which only executes procedures that the controller gives. However, the time changes. The useless design and adding personality to design inspires me a lot. I have seen some artwork titled with the useless design before, but the purpose of these artworks is…
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BLOG2-SPEECH TO TEXT
THE VENDING MACHINE I group with KIWI. I am responsible for the font-end part of the vending machine, and she is in charge of the back-end part of it. The project’s logic here is: when you choose between food and drink, a section of the specific products will pop up and let you make a…
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BLOG1-TEXT TO SPEECH
TEXT & SPEECH Converter https://editor.p5js.org/mc7706/full/Fy8bhRkIg The text & speech converter might serve some purpose, like searching words that you do not know how to spell or help disable people read and hear. A more user-friendly interface of the converter might make it easier to use. Technical problems like using API are my biggest challenge for…