Lecturers: Luke Franzke & Florian Bruggisser
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Topic 2019: Empathetic Machines:
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Topic 2019: Empathetic Machines:
Can interactions between human and machine be more powerful if we can empathise with the
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device because of it's a human-like behaviour? We are social animals, and a large portion of our brain is dedicated to social tasks, from recognising emotions to predicting the thoughts and intentions of people around us. It, therefore, makes sense that we
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utilise these capabilities when designing interactions.
But how might everyday interactive devices be improved by anthropomorphic characteristics? Would we be more likely to partake in sustainable consumption of electronics if devices were more sympathetic? This year's Physical Computing project will attempt to answer some of these questions, while physically prototyping interactive devices with empathetic qualities and anthropomorphic behaviours. Will will focus on the use of simple sensors and electromechanical outputs to achieve these results.
There have been numerous attempts to make humanoid robots (both in fiction and reality), which inevitably lead to the uncanny valley phenomena. Yet, distinctly non-human forms can be highly evocative of human qualities. Simple geometric forms can convey agency and complex
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behaviours through motion
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alone (Heider and Simmel 1944). For this reason, we will focus on human-like behaviour being conveyed through motion, rather than form
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Topics Readings:
"Is That Car Smiling at Me? Schema Congruity as a Basis for Evaluating Anthropomorphized Products" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23547395_Is_That_Car_Smiling_at_Me_Schema_Congruity_as_a_Basis_for_Evaluating_Anthropomorphized_Products
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.60.297&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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Morning: 09:00 - 12:00, Afternoon: 13:30 - 17:00
W1 | Tuesday 17.09 (4.K15) | Wednesday 18.09 (4.K15) | Thursday 19.09 (4.K15) | Friday 20.09 (4.K15) |
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Morning | Kick-off Lecture (LF FB) References: Getting Started with Arduino 3rd Edition: p.37-40 Make: Electronics 2nd edition: p.1-40 | Analog Input | Transistors | Digital Components |
Afternoon | Schematics, Multimeters, Voltage Divider, Digital Output (LF FB) | Parallel/Series Circuits, Capacitors, | ICs, datasheets, H-Bridges Arduino & Processing (FB) | Soldering Minor Project Start Repetition Time (LF, FB) |
W2 | Tuesday 24.09 (4.K15) | Wednesday 25.09 (4.K15) | Thursday 26.09 (4.K15) | Friday 27.09 (4.K15) |
Morning | Protoboards EAGLE CAD (LF) | Networking (FB) | Individual Minor Project | Individual Minor Project |
Afternoon | PCB Milling | Individual Minor Project | Individual Minor Project | Presentation, cleanup and documentation |
W3 | Wednesday 23.10 (5.D02) | Thursday 24.10 (5.D02) | Friday 25.10 (5.D02) | |
Morning | Main Project Kickoff |
Main Project Ideation | Computer Vision Input (FB) | Prototyping | ||
| Afternoon | Robotics input Ideation and Prototyping | Prototyping | Prototyping | |
W4 | Tuesday 29.10 (5.D02) | Wednesday 30.10 (5.D02) | Thursday 31.10 (5.D02) | Friday 01.11 ( |
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Morning | Prototyping / Mentoring |
Prototyping | Final Build |
Final |
Build | |
Afternoon | Prototyping / Mentoring |
Prototyping / Mentoring | Final Build | Final |
Build | |
| W5 | Tuesday 05.11 |
| Morning | Setup Final Presentation | |||
| Afternoon | Final Presentation 12:00 - 13:00 Documentation and feedback 13:30 - 17:00 |