DATA INTERFACE LAB

Base on the background above, and data theory

The create of the basic interfaces is essential for both of explore the theory of data science and embody them to the
application field.
Without physical interfaces the huge capacity of the data science cannot be applied and be tested in reality.
With the new data interface, scientist can explore more questions yet not be asked, new designer can fulfill their design
purpose based on the new answers.

exploratory research : with question for anwser

robotics,

prototype
of data interfaces

data scientist with

answer for more answer

validation empirical research: with answer for questions

smart architecture & environment,

smart furniture, wearable devices,
visual communication......

designers with question

for more questions

How it works

cooperation:
to finish the prototype
(combine their capacity)

robotics,

prototype
of data interfaces

smart architecture & environment,

smart furniture, wearable devices,
visual communication......

data scientist
provide coding, mathematics,
sensor technology

simple coding and assembly of the sensor devices,

mechanism, create 3d model of the device.
fabrication of the prototype, the technology of making ,
research of material,
graphic design, video making skill to express

THEME: SPACE DATA INTERFACE

The smart home

Space data interface

relevant research:
processing of big data
machine learning...
high speed data transport

smart light

cloud computing
smart cloth
smart window

space data system:

stable device
data input:
1 light
2 sound
3 temperature
4 humidity
5 wind
6 movement of human in space

smart robot

data output:
1 control of the smart mobile devices

mobile device: smart cloth, smart kinetic light, smart

window, home robot.
data input: body data, location data.
data output: ...

PROJECT 1: BALL CAN NOT BE CATCHED

Ball can not be catched

High speed UGV( Unmaned Ground Vehical) data interface

input: movement of human, image, sound

output: movement of the ball etc

Challenge:
software: data collection, analyze....
hardware: high speed movement
and flexibility.

Can a sphere robot quick than human? Speed and Flexibility

The fastest human footspeed on record is 44.72 km/h

he highest record kick speed is 130km/h

Relative robot: speed of the sphere robot and other robots

10 km/hr d=600mm

5 km/hr d=800mm

140KM/H

60KM/H

Why the speed is hard to improve?

shfit weight type

E= mgr
max Acceleration is limited
when speed up, the inner part would rotate by itself which
doesnt help increase the speed

max A=E/m= gr

Wheel type

When power be increased

the core part begin to rotate
the max acceleration is limited

The key to increase the speed and keep its flexibility

The key is to keep the inside part in same

position. when it in high acceleration

Advantages:
1 good for the sensors on it to
collect data
2 good for the direction
control of the robot
accelerate direction

How it works

accelerate direction

Using the compass air to keep the inside

core in same position with the high
speed motor.
it has the potential to reach 45 Km/h

New prototype (balance control and direction control)

sensors

air compress system

wireless charge battery

omni wheel robot

Direction control

Use the control Fuzzy Operation code for omni robot we already have (speed 4km/h)
omni-robot is capable of moving in any direction by changing the velocity and direction of each wheel without changing its orientation. But the speed is less than
4 KM/H.
Omni-wheels have poor efficiency because not all wheels rotate in the direction of robot movement. There are high losses from friction too. Position control will
not work because of high slip. And there is the high computational loss by calculating angles with trigonometry.

For code control

Balance control: use the control system of on ballbot to apply it the air compress system

WPF programming, Kinetic SDK, AForge.NET, PID algorithm, Kalman filter algorithm,
AVR MCU programming and STM32 MCU programming.
CHALLENGE :by seperating the kinetic system of mobility and balance,
the new robot would keep balance without sacrifice it mobility.
Combine the two different physical mechanism system and two algorithm together, and test it
in high speed prototype.

Balance control: embody the PID algorithm to achieve the balance in high speed

air press sensor

gyo sensor

Solenoid value
on: 3.5 ms, off: 2ms, dispension accuracy 1ms

Reference paper and website

SPHERIAL ROBOT
1. Armour, Rhodri H., and Julian FV Vincent. Rolling in nature and robotics: a review. Journal of Bionic Engineering 3.4 (2006): 195-208.
2. Joshi, Vrunda A., Ravi N. Banavar, and Rohit Hippalgaonkar. Design and analysis of a spherical mobile robot. Mechanism and Machine Theory 45.2 (2010): 130-136.
3. Gosselin, Clment M., and Eric Lavoie. On the kinematic design of spherical three-degree-of-freedom parallel manipulators. The International Journal of Robotics Research 12.4 (1993): 394-402.
soft robotic
4. Trivedi, Deepak, et al. Soft robotics: Biological inspiration, state of the art, and future research. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics 5.3 (2008): 99-117.
5. Shepherd, Robert F., et al. Multigait soft robot. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108.51 (2011): 20400-20403.
on ball robot:
6. Kumagai, Masaaki, and Takaya Ochiai. Development of a robot balancing on a ball. Control, Automation and Systems, 2008. ICCAS 2008. International Conference on. IEEE, 2008.
7. Hollis, Ralph. Ballbots. Scientific American 295.4 (2006): 72-77.
contorl of omni robot:
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315-330.
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ALGORITHM
14. Li, Y. F., and C. C. Lau. Development of fuzzy algorithms for servo systems. IEEE Control Systems Magazine 9.3 (1989): 65-72.
15. Welch, Greg, and Gary Bishop. An introduction to the Kalman filter. (1995).
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(2010): 4009-4019.
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Work steps and challenges

step1: make the omni robot achieve 45km/h

step2: make it can avoid human.

step3: make the air compressor work with

omni robot. to keep its balance.

step4: test in ball

challenge:
software: high speed data processing
hardware: fiction of omni-wheel.

challenge:
software: control model of the robot.
hardware: power of the compassor.

challenge:
hardware: fiction of outside sphere.
and inside sphere.

Final result: not only a ball can be catched, also a potential stable high speed mobile data interface

sensor

keep inside balance and direction when

move at high speed

Work step 1 and potential application: exercise in gym

start position

aimed position

step1

step3

step4 case1
follow

repeat step3

repeat step4

step2

step4 case2
not follow

30 km/h speed and can avoid people

aimed position

based on game theory

Work step1 and potential application: advertsing for retail

Work for step 1

This is just a physical omni-mobile platform to achieve 30km/h. We can add all
kinds of different function on it according to the situation.
aim: 30km/h, towards all directions.
hardware:
gearbox for high speed rc car
4 omni wheels
high speed brushless motors.
ESC: electricity speed controller
lipo battery 7.4v.
sharp IR range finder
sonar : distance sensor
mirco controller: arduino
software: Fussy Operation code for direction control
Challenge : 1.high speed data process to real time direction control.
2.fiction of omni wheels.

Time table and shopping

Performance in data space

In the data space, it only need a receiver

instead of sensor and microcontroller

PROJECT 2: VISION LIGHT

Vision light

Internet - Internet of things

Smartthings

ISSUE :

1, Hard to use (control)

Amazon Echo

2, Data sensibility

3, Not necessary

Nest

4, Hard to set up

Transform tools into servants

Smartthings

ISSUE :

1, Hard to use (control)

Amazon Echo

2, Data sensibility

3, Not necessary

Nest

4, Hard to set up

12
People interact with 12 essential
products or services a day

Spend 70% of time indoors

Light is important for

both work and health

2nd largest indoor energy

consumption

Carrying a lot of bags is hard for me to

reach the light switch.

I want to have a smart lighting system but

it is take times and money to install it in a
old building.

We are working in a big room. Our room

light is very bright. It waste energy.

There is a corridor between bedroom and

I make big movement when I am working.

I move a lot so I dont wanna spend money

on a hired house. I prefer a table lamp
which can carry around.
My children can not reach the switch, it is
too high for her.

Most of lights are designed for one purpose

so I have to buy at least 3 lights in my room
to meet my lighting requirement.

Some smart light requires smartphone to

control. I dont know how to use it.

My bed lamp is good for reading but not

good for sleeping. I hope my light can

ISSUE 1
Upgrade cost

ISSUE 2
Control problem

Easy to set up

Less control

ISSUE 3
Unsuitable brightness
& direction

Flexible

Interaction technology
Computer vision + Data forecasting

Motion
1, Camera and microphone
observe body language
and indoor environment.
2, Analyse data to information.

3, According behaviour to
adjust lighting direction,
brightness or colour.

All-around data capture

Data process
> Automatically change
indoor temperature
> Weather forecast

> Real time online compare

relevant info
> Ad

Execute data

Advantages

Opportunities

Apply

Easy to set up and modify

Ubiquitous computing

Restaurant & Service

Reduce your burden

Indoor personal assistant

Construction collaboration

Save energy

New business model

Information collection

Distance Sensor
10W Colour LED

3D Print ABS Structure

PC Shell

Mechanical Design (Jan 15)

Mechanical Design (Jan 15)

Mechanical Design (Jan 15)

Mechanical Design (Jan 15)

Mechanical Design (Jan 15)

Design

Technology

Space data interface

smart light

smart light

With the data system to get the position and gesture information of the people, it can move accordingly, more important it can work
With shading system with process of outside and inside data of light and temperature .

PROJECT 3: PASSIVE DYNAMIC MOTION

'Heat motor'
Smart Material in Wax Piston

extension condition 12 to 24
weight of wax piston 6 kg
extension length

55 mm

extension condition 17 to 33
weight of wax piston 80 kg
extension length

Mega
Johannes Teknik Aps

155 mm

extension condition 17 to 33
weight of wax piston 225 kg
extension length

Mk 7 Standard Power Tube with

Orchid Wax
Bayliss Autovents

95 mm

Different types of wax piston with different temperature fluctuation

Giga
Johannes Teknik Aps

8:00 am

11:00 am

13:00 pm

deployment one

deployment two

deployment three

Lotus:
A Pa s s i v e l y D e p l o y a b l e
Canopy
A 1:1 model for a seat
and canopy system that
transforms itself to provide
varying amounts of shade
in response to local weather
conditions.

Smart window
combine passive dynamic motion with active control

Space data interface: smart shading

smart window
data input: outdoor light,
wind, ect.
in the space system, it
can move with the body
gesture, body humanity
inside light information.

With the data system to get the position and gesture information of the people, it open and close passive without energy or active
change by human desire.

PROJECT 4: ADAPTIVE CLOTHES

Adaptive cloth

EEG

shape changing materials

OPEN CLOSE

according to the data from both space body and mind

skin humidity temperature sensor

Performance

Performance in DATA SPACE

With the movement data provide by space sensor , when you move fast, the cloth change its shape to make it suitable for movement.
With the study of the multiply data of body (heart beat, skin humidity) and space(temperature, light, movement etc), make the cloth more adaptive.

Our plan
1. in 14 day, we can set up a artificial 5mx5m space in your university(500 pounds)
2. in 50 days, we can finish the prototypes(smart cloth, smart lights, smart window) based on the data system.
3. in 100 days, we would try kick start our data & design team based on the cooperation.
4. after the above cooperation, we have the potential to create a lab of data interface.
for myself, in 3 years time try to make the ball cannot be catch by human.

What we need
1. Jaimme and Sunny need visa.
Halans Kinect light need to response to human movement and intelligence.
Sunny need to add active system to his light cover system according to indoor data.
2. research on the data of smart furniture field: capture data in space, model of processing the data.
3. based on the research and cooperation to establish our team.
4. money, any support is welcome.

What we can provide

1. design prototypes based on your technology you already have, and apply them to daily life and try our best to
exhibit them in London.
2. design and fabricate the device you need to do experiments.
3. use our skill, 3d modelling, graphic design, animation for you to express your idea.