Puro Robot Voor Huisdierenverzorging by Taeuk Ham

Puro Robot Voor Huisdierenverzorging by Taeuk Ham is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Zilver in Dierenverzorging, Speelgoed, Benodigdheden en Producten voor Dieren Ontwerp Competition Category.

ZilverDierenverzorging· 2020

Puro Robot Voor Huisdierenverzorging

by Taeuk Ham

Client: Taeuk Ham

A' Design Award in Zilver Winner in Dierenverzorging Category

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The Design

About Puro Robot Voor Huisdierenverzorging

Het doel van de ontwerper was het oplossen van problemen bij het grootbrengen van honden in een eenpersoonshuishoudens. Angststoornissen en fysiologische problemen van honden worden veroorzaakt door langdurige afwezigheid van verzorgers. Door hun kleine leefruimte deelden verzorgers de leefomgeving met gezelschapsdieren, waardoor sanitaire problemen ontstonden. Geïnspireerd door de pijnpunten bedacht de ontwerper een zorgrobot die 1. speelt en interactie heeft met gezelschapsdieren door lekkernijen te gooien, 2. stof en kruimels opruimt na binnenactiviteiten, en 3. geuren en haren opneemt wanneer gezelschapsdieren nemen rust uit.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Zilver

Puro Robot Voor Huisdierenverzorging is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Zilver, een buitengewoon prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan topontwerpen die prachtig en indrukwekkend zijn. Winnaars in Zilver zijn enorm briljante en uiterst creatieve werken die de uitmuntende expertise, het talent en de scherpzinnigheid van hun ontwerpers illustreren. Puro Robot Voor Huisdierenverzorging wordt verwacht een prachtig paradepaardje te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en diepgaand innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Zilver heeft gewonnen, is een hoogst opmerkelijke, bewonderde uitvinding die baat en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verlegt. Puro Robot Voor Huisdierenverzorging is een zeer benijde creatie die verlangens oproept, positieve gevoelens brengt en verbazing en verwondering doet ontvlammen.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The earlier ideation was just an enhanced version of a robotic cleaner specialized in cleaning pet hairs and dusts. However, developing the idea of this product, the designer found out more applicable usages in different electric sensors and parts(camera, gyroscopic sensor, IoT connectivity, vacuum cleaning motors, etc). Also, by adding a separate treat container that throws off treats to your pet, it also alleviates anxiety disorders and boredom while people are away from the house.
Dimensions & Packaging: Care Robot : 370 x 370 x 100mm
Station : 500 x 700 x 150mm
Tags: Home Appliance, Care Robot, Robotic Cleaner, Air Purifier, Treat Dispenser
Production Technology: The cyclone motors taking in large amount of air doubled its usage not only in taking in dusts on floor, but also in taking in polluted air and animal hairs above ground. In order to achieve this, a purification filter was applied on the back of the charging station, so that the product can filter out polluted air while charging battery. Also, the camera and gyroscopic sensors that were used to map the floor can now detect the position of your pet to precisely throw off treats to the target.
Design Challenge: The task of this project was to develop a product that can solve problems in pet raising households, meeting the needs of both, pets and humans.
Research: User research and surveys were conducted as a team while designing a product was an individual project of the designer. It was conducted to find out what are the things that worries people the most while raising a pet. Reviewing the statistics offered by national institutions, they found out that the pet raising demographics were mainly composed of single houshold family. The team surveyed 80 different individuals and conducted in-depth interview of six different individuals representing different ethnic groups in pet raising single households. According to the result, single households' major painpoints regarding pets were situations where they have to leave pets alone, causing myriad of psychological and physical problems in pets and sanitation problems(odors & hairs) caused by their unique living conditions(small, unseparated living area).
Inspiration: Pet raising households are mostly consisted of single person households in South Korea. According to surveys and user research conducted internally, their major painpoints were 1. Leaving pets alone and 2. Bad Sanitation(odors & hairs). Thus, a multifunctional appliance that can allieviate psychological/physical problems like anxiety disorders and insufficient exercise of pets are needed while meeting the needs for sanitary environment.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2019 and finished in December 2019 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Operation Flow: There are three modes of operation; Play Mode/Clean Mode/Air Purification Mode.
When a pet is left alone, Play Mode is activated and it throws off treats to lead workouts. This alleviates anxiety disorder, a common symptom shown when pets feel loneliness.
After the play, Clean Mode is activated to wipe out the crumbs made from the prior activity.
As he/she takes a rest on a petbed-shaped station, the cleaner is connected and activates air purifier, taking in hairs and bad odors.