CanguRo Robô de Mobilidade por Shunji Yamanaka - fuRo

O design CanguRo Robô de Mobilidade por Shunji Yamanaka - fuRo é um vencedor altamente estimado do prestigioso 2021 A' Design Award de Platina na Categoria de Competição Design de Veículos, Mobilidade e Transportes.

PlatinaVeículo· 2021

CanguRo Robô de Mobilidade

por Shunji Yamanaka - fuRo

Cliente: Shunji Yamanaka and Future Robotics Technology Center (fuRo)

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O Design

Sobre CanguRo Robô de Mobilidade

Com o CanguRo, uma nova relação entre máquinas e humanos na era da inteligência artificial foi criada. Dotado de tecnologias avançadas de robótica e IA, este robô de três rodas é um parceiro independente e amigável, capaz de condução autônoma e de seguir a caminhada humana por meio de comandos via smartphone. Além disso, quando se transforma, o CanguRo torna-se um transportador pessoal que proporciona um passeio real. Seu conceito é oferecer a alegria de se mover e ativar a vida diária das pessoas.

O Reconhecimento

Sobre o A' Design Award de Platina

CanguRo Robô de Mobilidade conquistou o A' Design Award de Platina, um reconhecimento extremamente prestigiado atribuído a designs verdadeiramente excecionais, elegantes e magníficos. Os vencedores da Platina são maravilhas da criação, testemunhos dos limites da criatividade intelectual, e demonstram o profissionalismo inigualável e o génio dos seus designers. Espera-se que estes designs sejam as obras mais reconhecidas, que definem a estética de uma época, contribuem para o bem-estar da sociedade e fazem avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. CanguRo Robô de Mobilidade exibe um nível transcendente de excelência e torna, sem sombra de dúvida, o mundo num lugar melhor graças às suas características vantajosas e valiosas. CanguRo Robô de Mobilidade é uma obra vencedora do A' Design Award de Platina que desperta desejos, inspira, entusiasma, delicia e faz nascer uma grande alegria.

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Créditos, membros da equipa e detalhes técnicos fornecidos pelo designer.

Propriedades Únicas: With CanguRo, we hope to forge a new relationship between machines and humans in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). Blessed with advanced robotics and AI technologies, this three-wheeled robot is an independent yet friendly partner, capable of autonomously coming to you via smartphone commands, avoiding obstacles and following your walk. When it transforms, furthermore, CanguRo is ready to give us an actual ride, being not just a vehicle but a trustworthy creature like a horse.
Dimensões e Embalagem: This three-wheeled mobility robot has 750 mm in length (in the vehicle mode), 440 mm of width and 64 kg of mass, and is driven by two front wheels (12 inch) and steered by one rear wheel (10 inch). With a laser sensor installed, it can move to a specified destination autonomously and follow a walking human. It can also transform to a personal transporter, featured by active lean balancing, bilaterally weight-controlled handle, body-sonic status communication and automatic braking.
Etiquetas: Mobility Robot, Autonomous Mobile Robot, Partner Robot, Personal Vehicle, Transporter, Artificial Intelligence
Tecnologia de Produção: Essential to a machine intelligence for autonomous navigation is a technology, called SLAM, for localization and map building. Our original software package is successfully implemented with navigation and obstacle-detecting functions. Another importance is on the enhancement of the sense of unity. All the elements that make up this robot, including its figure, structure and various control systems combining familiarity and functionality, are fully designed for this objective.
Desafio de Design: Enhancing a sense of unity between the rider and the robot is our challenge. For this purpose, several new ideas are implemented. For example, CanguRo uses tactically placed force sensors to find rider's intentions and changes its posture for stable turns. It also has a unique communication system of heartbeat-like body sonic and bilaterally weight-controlled handle. Footrests are located at swing forks closely to in-wheel drive units, allowing us to feel CanguRo's drive force through our legs.
Pesquisa: As a new class of partner robots, an actual working model, CanguRo, capable of self-driving, following a walking human as well as transforming to a personal vehicle, has been designed and developed. The primary concept is to promote a sense of unity between the robot and us and to offer the joy of moving, leading to encouragement of going outside and being active in our daily lives. Through its presentations to the society, we continue to evaluate the social value of such a mobility robot.
Inspiração: Since old days, horses have been our faithful and reliable partners. They have not only been a means of our transportation, but also lived with us and helped our lives in many ways through carrying loads or going along for hunting. This design project was inspired by the realization of their importance as our close friends. Focusing on their roles in our lives, we have attempted and succeeded to create such a partner using today's civilization technologies.
Duração do Projeto: This mobility robot was designed and developed in Japan and exhibited at several museums including Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, 2019 and the Design Museum in London, 2020.
Fluxo de Operação: The operation of CanguRo is rather easy. While surroundings are mapped automatically, you can choose either of the autonomous robot or the transporter operation. At a shopping mall, for example, you can summon CanguRo by a smartphone and start shopping while leaving your baggage on the following CanguRo. If you feel tired, you can ride CanguRo in the transporter mode as well. These functionalities of CanguRo have a great potential to change our daily lives and expand the range of our activities.
Patentes: Future Robotics Technology Center (fuRo)
Membros da Equipa: Shunji Yamanaka
Takayuki Furuta
Hideaki Yamato
Kiyoshi Irie
Takashi Kodachi
Kazuki Ogihara
Yoshitaka Hara
Kengo Toda
Yu Okumura
Midori Nomura
Masaharu Shimizu
Tomoaki Yoshida
Masahiro Tomono
Créditos de Imagem: Photo by Yusuke Nishibe