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9/14/18 VIP Notes
https://youtu.be/24b8LCnBaWM?t=19s Baseball example – reactions to homerun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU69xwYxnao Steve Harvey reactions
https://youtu.be/dUVG4Ry42p0?t=5m47s mr. bean stressed
These are examples of emotional expression that maybe we could replicate with Shimi gestures.
9/21/18 VIP Notes
Shimi Sketches
To the left, are some sketches that I came up with for week of 9/21. We are trying to think of as many ideas as possible now to get an idea of what we would want to do. Below are more ideas/notes from meeting together. Most of the ideas we are looking at involve different planes of motion that the arm could spin or move around in. We were discussing how some of these my replicate human gestures. For first prototypes, we will look to apply arms to the shape of where the phone holder for simpler first designs.
9/28/18 VIP Notes
Here are the additional Shimi Sketches: Some new ideas from this week are to look more closely into the ways that we can get Shimi to be expressive and possibly look at passive factors or musical factors that we can incorporate into Shimi.
The plan for the next week is to come up with some ideas that can be modeled and evaluated directly on Shimi via 3D printing. We also discussed the idea of having passive elements within the arm. The idea for these would be that you could get additional motion/expression. To see if this would work, we would also like to prototype around this idea.
10/5/18
To the left are the models developed in AutoDesk fusion using the sculpt tool. The sculpt tool allows for more organic curves that might otherwise be very difficult to create with other software. The first design is like an hand that will be able to spin 360 degrees. It is similar to the design in right sketch in the image above it. The idea with this design would be that the hand could react to music bobbing back and forth, and it could be used with sound effects depending on its positions. Below is more of a 'tentacle' arm that could wave and point around.
These designs so far use the original mount that Shimi used to have for the phone mount. Other potential design decision is to look at is whether we would want to include the camera and microphones within the hand. This may come with challenges managing wires within the 'hand' and would prevent 360 degree motion.
10/12/18
We have 3D Printed parts from last week! Tomer and I are also now sharing the same folder for designing arms and parts of Shimi on AutoDesk Fusion. See images below. We are discussing finding a better way to place them on Shimi, and we are deciding what other types of arms to create. The upcoming plan is to print another couple designs in the next weeks and to
10/19/2018
I designed a key mechanism so that we can attach the 3D printed parts directly on to the key, which attaches to the motor. The key and another arm design from Tomer was added to the 3D print queue at the invention studio. We also further discussed the idea of Shimi playing virtual instruments. This would be where instead of the extra arm playing a physical instrument, we could play music while the arm is moving to simulate playing an instrument. This allows us to more with the little motion we have and put the viewer in the creative lens to imagine Shimi playing an instrument .
10/26/2018
Below is the latest notes from this past week of ideas. I was trying to think of musical instruments that Shimi could be playing with an arm extension. The idea would be to just associate movement with the arm to a bow of a string instrument or hands on a piano, and then play the associated music through the speakers. The
There is one new arm design, see the bottom left which has been created in CAD. This is just a simple design where it is mre like an eye. - the camera can be incorporated into the extra arm.
11/9/2018
This week is the 3/4 presentations, so I am preparing for the presentation, and I will be following up with printing the latest camera design show a couple weeks ago and a new key to hold the prototypes in. The previous key sheared at the base of the 'T'.
11/16/2018
The plan moving forward is to find ways to integrate instruments into Shimi where the new appendage will be going off of the suggestions from the midterm presentation. Also, we can look into new materials. Some initial ideas for instruments are bells (like a bike bell/typewriter), percussion, or one string that can be plucked. Unfortunately none of these ideas directly allow for multiple tones or sounds instruments. There are two ideas to look instead to Shimi playing 'virtual' or electronic instruments. One way would be to add a piezo on the foot and connect that up to a 'drum box' in programming to play bass drum or play cymbals. Another idea is to use a Shimi's foot and the new appendix to mimic playing a theremin. The audio would be done in software as it may be more challenging to create the electronics of a theremin within Shimi. We also talked about appendage designs with cameras inside of them.
11/2/2018
I had set up more parts to 3D print! This includes the key piece that will connect prototypes to the motor and a new design from Tomer, that has a passive movement element in it that may move when the
Looking forward, I want to continue developing the best method for a key for each of our devices, checking the tolerances of how they fit in and how structurally sound it is. Also, I would like to get a model of the previous camera/eye design to the left.
Below is a gif of the 3d print.
11/30/2018 - Meeting Notes
Three more design ideas were sketched up including the idea for a pointing/theremin playing design, another camera design, and a 'conducting' design. My goal is to have another couple designs fully modeled up and printed if possible by the end of the semester. Printing may be a challenge since many of the MakerSpaces closed today. The concepts sketched for today's meeting are below. The conducting design would simulate a conductor and involve up and down motion with a passive element while the added arm spins around. The up and down motion could either be due to a cam or opposing magnets on the hidden side of Shimi's arm. No new ideas with the Theremin, but such a design might work with previously developed designs. The camera will be planned to be modeled, so to start to think about how it can be integrated into Shimi arm designs. Next week a demo will be planned for the final presentation.
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