Demola extreme fingers brief 20130121

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

2. Visual Inspiration!

3. what and why!
what
why
Finger
/
hand
operated
two-­‐ Scenario
big
money:
Large
wheel
“robo-­‐plaJorm”
scale
Xmas
toy
2014,
kickstarter
&
sourcing
1H2014,
Fun
toy
that
takes
combines
redesign
for
makeability
segway-­‐like
tech
with
the
2H2013,
working
protos
&
fingerboard
dream
youtube
king
1H2013
Extreme
wheeled
finger
fun
Scenario
robot
locomo3on:
made
easy
and
more
extreme
robo-­‐telepresence
design
&
Super
Awesome
Radical
videos
tech
intellectual
property,
&
visuals
hype
the
concept
&
from
insights
&
tech
reuse
from
Demola
scream
the
vision
And
more…

4. how and who!
how
who
(example)
All
out
crea3ve
media
storm
to
Client:
Rod
Walsh,
Kimmo
define
the
visionary
concept
Vänni,
(and
more)
from
TAMK
and
show
off
cool
stunts
&
Social
Robo3cs
project
(user)
interac3ons
Media:
one
awesome
person,
Build
and
program
2-­‐wheel
into
youth
culture,
toys,
gyro-­‐stabilized
bot
ska3ng,
extreme
sports,
Start
with
packaged
dynamixel
actuators
&
microprocessor
artwork
and
video
Swap-­‐in
arduino
Tech:
three
awesome
people,
into
embedded
C
control,
Swap-­‐in
own
sourced
mechanics
building
mechanoids
with
electronic
interfaces,
wheels,
Build
up
user
controls
hands
and
ac3on.