City of Bots
Group project from the course Interactive Technology Design
Client:
city of things
Scope:
Interactive Technology Design & Prototyping
Year:
2024
City of Bots is an interactive experience which is created during the course of ITD. It all started with the we received from the Cities of Things foundation, which challenged us to design autonomous robots performing in a neighborhood, while also raising critical questions. We decided to take on a more philosophical approach to this brief, and create a interactive experience that raises question about robots integrated in our lives, while also making use of technology to display this to people in a fun, aesthetic and interactive way.
Project Link: https://itd2021.notion.site/City-of-Bots-8122b0eb24a440ada61f02a89712f7e4#03de4facb40841d89aa8b42fce2f17cb
The creation of ‘City of Bots’ roughly consisted of two parts. The technological part, and the creation of the actual diorama. To let people be able to look into our created neighbourhood and ‘drive around’ in it, we attached a camera to a linear actuator. The camera was attached to a servomotor which made it able to turn around. With a potentiometer, people could turn the camera around themselves. They could also determine the position of the linear actuator themselves by extending it or pulling it back with two buttons. The potentiometer and the buttons were all integrated in a control panel, and connected to itsybitsy’s which were connected to the physical parts (linear actuator and servomotor).
This was done as a group project.
Course Coordinator: Dr. D.S. (Dave) Murray-Rust;
Coach: Phil van Allen;
Team: Emma Schenk, Jeroen Righolt and Pranav Prasun
