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Extreme Fingers Rod Walsh, TAMK Social Robo3cs rod.walsh@tamk.fi Demola Academy Spring 2013

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Extreme Fingers!

Rod  Walsh,  TAMK  Social  Robo3cs  

[email protected]  

Demola  Academy  Spring  2013  

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Visual Inspiration!

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what and why!what  Finger  /  hand  operated  two-­‐wheel  “robo-­‐plaJorm”  Fun  toy  that  takes  combines  segway-­‐like  tech  with  the  fingerboard  dream  Extreme  wheeled  finger  fun  made  easy  and  more  extreme  Super  Awesome  Radical  videos  &  visuals  hype  the  concept  &  scream  the  vision  

why  Scenario  big  money:  Large  scale  Xmas  toy  2014,  kickstarter  &  sourcing  1H2014,  redesign  for  makeability  2H2013,  working  protos  &  youtube  king  1H2013  Scenario  robot  locomo3on:  robo-­‐telepresence  design  &  tech  intellectual  property,  from  insights  &  tech  reuse  from  Demola  And  more…  

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how and who!how  All  out  crea3ve  media  storm  to  define  the  visionary  concept  and  show  off  cool  stunts  &  (user)  interac3ons  Build  and  program  2-­‐wheel  gyro-­‐stabilized  bot  Start  with  packaged  dynamixel  actuators  &  microprocessor  Swap-­‐in  arduino  Swap-­‐in  own  sourced  mechanics  Build  up  user  controls  

who  (example)  Client:  Rod  Walsh,  Kimmo  Vänni,  (and  more)  from  TAMK  Social  Robo3cs  project  Media:  one  awesome  person,  into  youth  culture,  toys,  ska3ng,  extreme  sports,  artwork  and  video  Tech:  three  awesome  people,  into  embedded  C  control,  building  mechanoids  with  electronic  interfaces,  wheels,  hands  and  ac3on.