The Hip Monsters team had another wonderful time at this years’ Bay Area Maker Faire and our robots did too. Since we engaged the touch sensor at the end of each demo, we calculated we conducted at least 1239 complete demos over 3 days, three times what we achieved last year! Maker Faires are an ideal way to reach a tech savvy and engaged audience.
Check out the video below, generated based on the stimuli, emotions, and actions of Hip Monsters’ robot over the course of three days at the Maker Faire. Turn up the volume! The sounds are based on the robot’s simulated emotional response to the stimuli.
The robots recorded the following sensory data:
Noise: A sudden, loud noise. Represented by the color blue.
Distance: Motion within 1 foot. Represented by the color green.
Speech: The spoken word “robotics”. Represented by the color gold.
Touch: Contact on the touch sensor. Represented by the color pink.
Movement: Motion within 6 feet. Represented by the color orange.
Balance: If the balance sensor was moved. Represented by the color red.
Light: If there was a sudden change in light. Represented by the color yellow.
Frequency of Stimuli: How often or rarely the robots received stimuli. Captured by the Movement of the cube.
Mood: Happy or overstimulated. Reflected in the choice of sound.
THANK YOU everyone for making an incredible experience for humans and robots alike!