FlowIO Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ikpo Okwu Nrụpụta Ikuku Nrụgide nke Ali Shtarbanov

Ihe emepụtara bụ FlowIO Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ikpo Okwu Nrụpụta Ikuku Nrụgide nke Ali Shtarbanov bụ onye meriri a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu nke 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha na Udi Asọmpi Nhazi Ngwá Sayensị na Ngwá Ọrụ Nchọpụta.

ỌlaọchaNgwá Sayensị· 2021

FlowIO Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ikpo Okwu Nrụpụta Ikuku Nrụgide

nke Ali Shtarbanov

Onye Ahịa: Ali Shtarbanov, MIT Media Lab

Onye Meriri Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha na Udi Ngwá Sayensị

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Maka FlowIO Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ikpo Okwu Nrụpụta Ikuku Nrụgide

FlowIO bụ ikpo okwu nrụpụta ikuku nrụgide maka njikwa, mmemme na nchọpụta nke robotụ dị nro na ihe ndị a na-emmemede. Modul isi na-ejikọta valvụ, sensọ, microcontroller, batrị na ihe na-agba batrị. Modul nnukwu mmiri na-ejikọ site na magnetị ma nwee ike ịgbanwe n'oge ojiji, na nhọrọ obere, etiti na buru ibu maka nrụgide na ọsọ mmịpụta dị iche iche. A na-echekwa modul ndị a n'ime ụlọ nkpuchi snap-fit e ji 3D bipụta. Ngwa ngwa sọftụwia na-agbakwụnye interface eserese mkpanaka na desktọpụ, njikwa Bluetooth na interface mmemme. FlowIO dabara maka ọrụ desktọpụ na nke a na-eyi eyi.

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Maka Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

FlowIO Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ikpo Okwu Nrụpụta Ikuku Nrụgide meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na FlowIO Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ikpo Okwu Nrụpụta Ikuku Nrụgide ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. FlowIO Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ikpo Okwu Nrụpụta Ikuku Nrụgide bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

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Àgwà Pụrụ Iche: FlowIO is a fully-integrated, general-purpose development platform for control of soft robots and programmable materials. With magnetically connected pump modules that are swappable on-the-fly, FlowIO can satisfy diverse project needs of researchers, artists, and makers. A software toolkit with mobile and desktop graphical interfaces, Bluetooth controls, and APIs for Arduino and JavaScript — enable users from any technical background to get started and unleash their creativity with FlowIO.
Nha & Mkpuchi: Five pneumatic I/O ports, each capable of 7 actions, and three swappable pump modules (small, medium, large) can satisfy different needs for pressures (-26 to 30 psi), size, and flow-rates. FlowIO with small pumps has dimensions 59x55x28 mm and mass of only 114g. Expansion modules and accessories enable additional sensing, control, and mounting options for both wearable and nonwearable applications. BLE Capability, multiple APIs, and a GUI enable diverse options for interacting with FlowIO.
Mkpado: Development Platform, Toolkit, Pneumatic Control System, Soft Robotics, Programmable Materials, Shape Change, Tangible User Interface, Wearables, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
Teknụzụ Mmepụta: FlowIO contains a main module, different pump modules, expansion modules, and accessories. The main module integrates 7 valves, 2 custom PCBs, sensors, microcontroller, and a battery with charger. Each pump module has 2 pumps, a custom PCB, and a battery with integrated charger. Auxiliary modules also consist of custom PCBs. The modules connect magnetically and are enclosed in 3D-printed snap-fit enclosures, that can be printed in any color. All hardware designs are made public and open-source.
Ịma Aka Imepụta: The main challenge was making FlowIO highly energy-efficient and miniaturized yet fully-integrated with pumps, valves, sensors, electronics, batteries. and even charging circuits. Other pneumatic platforms with far fewer capabilities are 5-10 times larger than FlowIO and they still require external pumps and/or power sources. Over a dozen design iterations were dedicated towards finding clever ways of reducing size. Developing multiple APIs and a cross-platform GUI was another major challenge.
Nchọpụta: Over a dozen people have used FlowIO to date, from PhD researchers and high-school students to makers and artists. It has enabled people to develop projects in various categories including interactivity, artistic expression, locomotion, telepresence, haptic feedback, and assistive technologies. Feedback was collected from existing and prospective users continuously to inform many of the design iterations. FlowIO was also used as a teaching tool in a graduate digital fabrication course at MIT.
Mkpali: Arduino and Raspberry Pi democratized electronics and computing. FlowIO aims to democratize soft robotics and programmable materials in a similar way. The lack of development platforms for soft robotics makes the field highly inaccessible for most people and stifles innovation. The FlowIO platform was developed with the goal to democratized the emerging field of soft robotics and make rapid prototyping more accessible for researchers, artists, designers, and makers.
Oge Ọrụ: FlowIO originated out of necessity as a system I made for my own research in soft robotics and morphable interfaces at MIT Media Lab. As many other researchers, makers, and artists showed strong interest and asked to use FlowIO in their own works, in late 2019 the idea was born to augment FlowIO into a truly general purpose pneumatics development platform suitable for everyone. FlowIO has now undergone over 20 prototype iterations, with numerous new features added during those iterations.
Usoro Ọrụ: FlowIO enables users to rapidly bring soft robotics projects to life and to focus on developing actuators and experiences instead of spending time designing pneumatics, electronics, or writing control software. Miniature size, battery operation, and various modules and accessories make FlowIO suitable for both desktop and wearable applications involving inflation, vacuum, release, pressure sense, and flow variability. Multiple APIs and GUI make it possible for anyone to use the device with ease.
Ndị Otu: Ali Shtarbanov
Hyejun Youn
Ozgun Afsar
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Paradiso of MIT Media Lab
Asụsụ Foto: Ali Shtarbanov