Title :
An optocoupled poseable ball and socket joint for computationally enhanced construction kits
Author :
Weller, Michael Philetus ; Do, Ellen Yi-Luen ; Gross, Mark D.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Design Lab., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA
fDate :
March 31 2009-April 2 2009
Abstract :
We present a novel design for connecting pieces of a computationally enhanced construction kit, an optocoupled ball and socket joint. Unlike other existing connectors, our joint is poseable and allows both the topology and dynamic configuration of a kit assembly to be sensed. We provide a survey of existing computationally enhanced construction kit connectors and describe the technical details of our design.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; electric connectors; optical couplers; robots; computationally enhanced construction kits; connectors; kit assembly; optocoupled poseable ball; socket joint; Connectors; Face detection; Lifting equipment; Modular construction; Motion detection; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Robustness; Sockets; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Robot Communication and Coordination, 2009. ROBOCOMM '09. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Odense
Print_ISBN :
978-963-9799-51-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-963-9799-51-6
