I-Swarm Robots

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Robotic Furniture by MKare

Interesting robotic furniture concept. mKare is a mobile care unit designed to help seniors who have suffered a stroke and thus have lost mobility on side of their body. This robot helps assist these seniors.

Swarm-like Printing Machines by Mark Bearak

Interesting swarm-like printing machines developed by Mark Bearak at Columbia School of Architecture taught by Francois Roche. Website describing the project can be found here.

Robot Prototype by Kyuseon Hong

Interesting metamorphic robotic prototypes developed by Kyuseon Hong at Columbia School of Architecture taught by Francois Roche. Website describing the project can be found here.

Robot Ecologies by Jason Johnson

Great reel showing the student work from Robotic Ecologies Seminar 2008 taught by Jason Johnson. More work can be found on his website.

Spatial Robot Prototypes by Miles Kemp

Nano Meta-morphic Architecture consists of a palette of small-scale self-similar robotic modules that have the ability to dynamically move and attach to other modules to create different configurations in real-time. Each module has a different material on its exterior, various hardware (sensors, accelerometers, computation and kinetics) and computational logic to enable it to interpret and physically respond to different local and global inputs. Inhabitants can use hundreds of thousands of these modules to create and recreate dynamic real-time formations. This project included the design of the overall geometry, logic and behavior of the modules as well as the creation and development of fully working prototypes. Project link at Series Design/Build and Variate Labs.

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CirculaFloor Robotic VR Movement

CirculaFloor is a locomotion interface using a group of movable tiles. The movable tiles employ holonomic mechanism that achieves omni-directional motion. Circulation of the tiles enables the user to walk in virtual environment while his/her position is maintained. The user can walk in arbitrary direction in virtual environment.   This project is a joint research with ATR Media Information Science Labs. Learn more at the website.

“Kiefer technic showroom” by Giselbrecht + Partner ZT GmbH

Great dynamic facade by Giselbrecht + Partner ZT GmbH. Modular screens can open and close to regulate pragmatic sun and temperature requirements.