FlowIO Plataforma de Desenvolvemento de Pneumática de Ali Shtarbanov

O deseño FlowIO Plataforma de Desenvolvemento de Pneumática de Ali Shtarbanov é un estimado gañador do moi prestixioso 2021 A' Design Award de Prata na Categoría de Competición Deseño de Instrumentos Científicos e Equipos de Investigación.

PrataInstrumento Científico· 2021

FlowIO Plataforma de Desenvolvemento de Pneumática

de Ali Shtarbanov

Cliente: Ali Shtarbanov, MIT Media Lab

Gañador do A' Design Award de Prata na Categoría Instrumento Científico

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O Deseño

Sobre FlowIO Plataforma de Desenvolvemento de Pneumática

FlowIO é unha plataforma de desenvolvemento de pneumática para o control, a actuación e a detección de robots brandos e materiais programables. O módulo principal integra válvulas, sensores, un microcontrolador, unha batería e un cargador. Os módulos de bomba conéctanse magneticamente e poden intercambiarse durante o uso, con opcións pequenas, medianas e grandes para diferentes presións e caudais. Os módulos van encerrados en carcasas de encaixe a presión impresas en 3D. Un conxunto de ferramentas de software engade interfaces gráficas para móbil e escritorio, control por Bluetooth e interfaces de programación. FlowIO adáptase tanto a proxectos de escritorio como vestibles.

O Recoñecemento

Sobre o A' Design Award de Prata

FlowIO Plataforma de Desenvolvemento de Pneumática gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que FlowIO Plataforma de Desenvolvemento de Pneumática sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. FlowIO Plataforma de Desenvolvemento de Pneumática é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.

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Propiedades Únicas: 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.
Dimensións e Embalaxe: 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.
Etiquetas: Development Platform, Toolkit, Pneumatic Control System, Soft Robotics, Programmable Materials, Shape Change, Tangible User Interface, Wearables, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
Tecnoloxía de Produción: 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.
Reto de Deseño: 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.
Investigación: 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.
Inspiración: 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.
Duración do Proxecto: 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.
Fluxo de Operacións: 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.
Membros do Equipo: Ali Shtarbanov
Hyejun Youn
Ozgun Afsar
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Paradiso of MIT Media Lab
Créditos das Imaxes: Ali Shtarbanov