Dec 1 2014
An impressive opening night of the exhibition ‘Visually Defiant 2014’, buzzed with an abundance of innovative robotic designs.
Students from Sydney University’s Design Lab provided an insight into how robotic technologies can influence the design process.
Dr Rob Saunders, Acting Head of the University of Sydney’s Design Lab and Senior Lecturer in Design Computing said:
We are entering a second industrial revolution. This is being driven by advances in artificial intelligence and robotic technologies.
Questions around how we interact with these increasingly intelligent machines open up a world of new possibilities for designers. Our students are urged to explore these possibilities.
By building machines engaged in the original creative act, mark making, the graduating students have imagined a future where humans and robots collaborate in novel ways.
The result is a collection of remarkable machines that demonstrate the ingenuity and determination of our students, which are sure to surprise, delight and hopefully intrigue and provoke
The final year works by graduating students of a Bachelor of Design Computing and Master of Interaction Design and Electronic Arts, went on show in the University’s Tin Sheds Gallery on Thursday 27 November 2014.
Prototypes for human-robot interaction, new social media platforms, digital applications and technology, and 3D modelling were the general themes in this year’s exhibition. Some of the novel ideas included:
- Robots that draw personal portraits;
- A dress ring that exchanges contact data through a handshake;
- Bete, the smart home service to help diabetics;
- A website that uses temporal data to show the effect of climate change on Australia’s weather;
- Smart insurance policy maker that amalgamates multiple insurance policies;
- Wearable technology to monitor distance between people;
- A user interface for rugby coaches that projects biometric data from technology worn by the players.
Dr Rob Saunders stated:
Design Lab’s end of year show is a huge draw card for industry to find the next brightest talent that will take their business forward. The students are creating ideas and job opportunities that don’t necessarily exist today, but may well do so tomorrow. They are our future designers and entrepreneurs.
For further details visit: http://www.visuallydefiant.com/index.html