Presented at:

- ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology (UIST) '24

 

This work introduces a novel approach to interactive robots by leveraging the form-factor of cards to create thin robots equipped with vibrational capabilities for locomotion and haptic feedback. The system is composed of flat-shaped robots with on-device sensing and wireless control, which offer lightweight portability and scalability. This research introduces a hardware prototype to explore the possibility of vibration-based omni-directional sliding locomotion. Applications include augmented card playing, educational tools, and assistive technology, which showcase CARDinality’s versatility in tangible interaction

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Main Tools Used: Seeed Xiao Sense Board, PCB, DC Motors, Arduino IDE, Python, Flask Server, OpenCV

My Role: First Author, led end-to-end hardware/software pipeline, specifically communication of inertial sensor data to Flask Graphical User Interface (GUI), Hardware Prototyper, Interaction/Application Designer

 

*Note: This project was also the basis of my honors thesis in computer science, University of Chicago​

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Actuated Experience Lab Project Page: Link​​​