AI Wearable
Project Description
AI Wearable is a project that aims to investigate the use of actuated clothing to express the wearer’s emotions. The project consists of two parts: (1) artificial intelligence (AI) for emotion recognition and (2) the mechanical design of the wearable. This UROP project will focus on the mechanical design of the wearable. Specifically, the student will explore the use of soft material actuators to create wearables capable of producing smooth and natural looking motions.
Supervisor
SCHARFF, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas
Co-Supervisor
FUNG, Pascale Ngan
Quota
1
Course type
UROP1000
UROP1100
UROP2100
UROP3100
UROP4100
Applicant's Roles
We are looking for one student supervised by Rob Scharff (soft actuators & manufacturing) and Pascale Fung (AI, aesthetics and expressiveness). The student should design and manufacture the actuated wearable.
Applicant's Learning Objectives
(1) to select the most suitable mechanical design for actuated wearables
(2) to apply an iterative prototyping approach to design and manufacture actuated wearables that meet given motion requirements
(3) to validate the effectiveness of the mechanical design after integration of the AI for emotion recognition
(2) to apply an iterative prototyping approach to design and manufacture actuated wearables that meet given motion requirements
(3) to validate the effectiveness of the mechanical design after integration of the AI for emotion recognition
Complexity of the project
Moderate