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ROBOTICS DESIGN

Robotics design was a series of collaborative design projects involving students from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

In charge of these eight-week projects were Dr Bruce A MacDonald, Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Auckland, Robotics Research Group, and Julainne Sumich, Senior Lecturer, Intermedia & Timebased Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts

still from robotics movie.
2001 Vision Sam Still from video documentary for Vision Sam project. - click for bigger version.

Video documentary by FA Students:

- Michelle Menzies

- Amy Wright

- Jamie Kydd

VisionSam Brief (pdf 81kb)

VisionSam Lecture (pdf 33kb)

VisionSam Diary (pdf 84kb)

 Vision Sam costume design - click for bigger version. Vision Sam costume design: Briar March
2002 Play Sam Theatre

 Still from Anna Phillipson movie

FA student Anna Phillipson talks about use of short-term / long-term memory in her group's design.

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PLAYSAM Theatre Robots (introduction to project/ schedule/ four lectures) pdf 267kb

 Play Sam hand-work - click for bigger version.

Play Sam hand-work

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Still from Four Winds movie -

Four Winds

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  still from the Dynamics movie.

the Dynamics

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2004 Shuriken Robots still from movie - click for bigger version. play movie 1.1MB
still from movie - click for bigger version. play movie 1.4MB
2005 Shuriken NoBots Demonstration of the NoBot 'Shuriken Fish' performance took place in the Atrium of University of Auckland's Engineering Department. Onlookers could 'fish' for the NoBot by attempting to hook onto it.

Project robot again took the shape of a Shuriken. This year emphasis was placed on the self-organising capability of the robot - thus the name NoBot - a robot with a mind of its own.

Download Students' entry ICRA pdf 208kb

Demonstration of the NoBot 'Shuriken Fish' performance took place in the Atrium of University of Auckland's Engineering Department.

Onlookers could 'fish' for the NoBot by attempting to hook onto it.

NoBotsROBOTicS (introduction to project/ schedule/ assessment criteria/ reading list)
pdf 436kb

Students looking at the project demonstration - click for bigger version.

The project demo attracted widespread student interest.
  Fish head shows sensor that can be targeted by laser beam - click for bigger version.

 

Costume design of Fish: Ursula Burns-Maybury

Fish head shows sensor that can be targeted by laser beam.
  Picture shows using a laser beam option which was to target and stun the fish - click for bigger version. Picture shows using a laser beam option which was to target and stun the fish - just as in the future a method such as this could replace the convention of hook and line.
  Fish on the move among the debris - click for bigger version. Fish has ability to run and hide among debris on the sea floor ie among computer equipment 'thrown overboard'.
  Ursula Burns-Maybury (with fellow group members) presents her project report to staff and tutors at end of NoBots project demo.

Ursula Burns-Maybury (with fellow group members) presents her project report to staff and tutors at end of NoBots project demo.

 

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