Germination Hana Nui: Hoʻokūkū Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho by Atsushi Kobayashi

Germination Hana Nui: Hoʻokūkū Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho by Atsushi Kobayashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Hana Noʻeau a me Hoʻokomo Hana Noʻeau Competition Category.

KeleaweHana Noʻeau· 2023

Germination Hana Nui: Hoʻokūkū Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho

by Atsushi Kobayashi

Client: TV Asahi Corporation

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Hana Noʻeau Category

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The Design

About Germination Hana Nui: Hoʻokūkū Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho

Kikokikona Puke: ʻO Germination he hoʻonohonoho kiʻi hoʻopili e hoʻohui ana i kahi lima robota ʻoihana, mālamalama, a me nā mea kanu. Ua hoʻonohonohoʻia ke lima robota e like me kahi ʻōpiopio e kupu ana mai ka lepo ma hope o kahi manawa hiamoe. Hana nā kaula LED i nā aʻa a hāʻawi i ka mālamalama e ʻike ʻia me he mea lā he mea ʻai. Ua kau ʻia kahi pōpō mālamalama ma luna o ke lima a hoʻokele ʻia me he mea lā he mea ola. Ua hoʻohana ʻia ka hoʻopalapala kiʻi (projection mapping) ma ke kahua, kahi i haku ʻia me nā mea hana lima a me nā mea kūlohelohe. Pau ka hōʻike ʻekolu minuke i ka wā e ʻōlinolino mai ana nā kukuna lā mai nā ao a ulu aʻe ka pua o ka ʻōpiopio.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Germination Hana Nui: Hoʻokūkū Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Germination Hana Nui: Hoʻokūkū Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Germination Hana Nui: Hoʻokūkū Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Germination is an immersive installation which features an industrial robot arm and lighting and plants.
A robot arm is choreographed as a sprout which germinates from the ground after a period of dormancy.
At the beginning of the show, it absorbs nourishment from its LED roots and gradually starts to germinate. And after raining and thundering, it sways in the wind. Rays of sunlight shines from clouds and eventually it will bloom.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 3m x Depth 3m x Height 2m
Tags: robot, installation, art, immersive, contemporary, projectionmapping, led, TouchDesigner
Production Technology: Many processes were taken to realize this installation.
To send a command to control an industrial robot arm remotely, a communication system was developed. The robot arm’s maximum payload was 10kg but moment had to be taken care of.
And an attachment equipment was needed specifically for this robot arm. Wing Robotics, a startup company helped the project to solve these problems and eventually a show control system was developed that everyone can easily use.
Design Challenge: We took many processes to realize our installation.
To send a command to control an industrial robot arm remotely, we developed a communication system. Maximum payload was 10kg but we had to take care of moment.
And we designed attachment equipment specifically for this robot arm. We collaborated with a startup company to solve these problems and eventually developed a show control system that everyone can easily use.
Research: Software
TouchDesigner, Blender, Fanuc ROBOGUIDE

Hardware
Fanuc CRX-10iA/L, Windows PC

Support received from
Wing Robotics
Fanuc
Inspiration: This installation was created with a wish that it is going back to a normal and peaceful world soon and people germinate from constraint and eventually bloom again.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2021 in Tokyo, and was exhibited in Go Tech, Tokyo in March 2022.
Operation Flow: The show was run by a control system which has a straight forward UI. It can start a robot arm, sound, LED lighting simultaneously. Also it is possible to simulate how everything works on a preview window. The show is 3 minutes long but it can be operated by one person to click a button to start it.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Atsushi Kobayashi
Image Credits: Creative Director, Creative Technologist : Atsushi Kobayashi (tv asahi)
Robotics Engineering : Liping Feng, Liang Lin(Wing Robotics)
Flower artist : Akiko Suzuki (Mitsurin Tokyo)
Sound design : Atsushi Kobayashi (tv asahi)