Kandinsky’s Dance Curves Exploration: Abstraction and Infusion

Kandinsky’s Dance Curves Exploration:

Abstraction and Infusion

Prepared By: Group 1

ARCH 5231B

Part I : Concept & Research

Part I : Concept & Research

Malleable Environment

Lacan’s Mirror Stage theory suggested that human beings are able to distinguish subject and object by the looking self into the mirror before the age of 3, such recognition is enlightened by the gaze one self have to the mirror.

In a environment which one grow up in, one are both the subject and object, with the assumption being said, the environment we live in shaped our behavior and at the same time we shape the environment.

Part I : Concept & Research

In search on the logic of cities and buidings with the notations of movements

The Manhattan Transcript by Bernard Tschumi

Part I : Concept & Research

Interpreting body movement as geometric curves

Dance of Palucca by Wassily Kandinsky

Part I : Concept & Research

Robotic Arm has the potential to act as human joints and move like human joints

Potential of Robotic Arm in terms of movement

Part I : Concept & Research

Case Study

Dance Synchronization by Dr. Merritt Moore

Part II : Fabrications End

Effector

As a crucial tool for the robotic arm to interact with the environment, the end effector is the peripheral medium for expression.

This section will discuss and go through the design process of the end effector of the project.

Part II : Fabrications

End Effector - Design Reference

Rotrics Robotic Arm Drawing Starter Kit MIT Robotic Arm Gestures Mimicking Devices

3D Printer Screw for movement

End Effector parts disassemble

End Effector Exploded Axonometric

Part II : Fabrications

End Effector - Manufacturing Process

3D Printing Design Failure

Part II : Fabrications

End Effector - Manufacturing Process

3D Printing Design Failure (Go Pro Mounting Structure too thin)

Part II : Fabrications

End Effector - Manufacturing Process

3D Printing Structural Failure

Part II : Fabrications Medium

Part II : Fabrications Medium

How can we reimagine the dialogue between body movement and space?

Part II : Fabrications

Medium

Kandinsky work emphasize on the simplification of movement to be expressed by curves translated two-dimentionally on paper

In modern times, robotic arm and Artificial Intelligence can follow mimick human drawing movement

Part II : Fabrications Medium

Can we explore the relationship in a three dimensional expression with the assist of robotic arm and body tracking devices?

Part II : Fabrications Medium

Part II : Fabrications Medium

Light Painting captures movement of light within a period of time by adjusting the shutter, where light flows multidimensional

Part II : Fabrications Medium

Converting dance movement into threedimensional curve and deploy light painting to record the visualisation

Part II : Fabrications

Medium

Paper Space vs Space

Part II : Fabrications Medium

Pendent Suction to be directly replaced by glowing stick, arrangement to mimick a body structure

Part II : Fabrications Medium

Attempt on design solution for a circumference change of the pendent suction (Bigger glowing stick)

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Motion Capture Requirement

Kinect for Xbox 360 (Hardware)

Firefly - Grasshopper plug-in (Software)

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Familiarize with software environment

Testing

Firefly Skeletal Track Function

Testing Kinect camera with grasshopper integration

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Drafting of the grasshopper script

Script Sequence 1: Identify different joints to make active and allow recording of movements

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Drafting of the grasshopper script

Script Sequence 2 : Mark a boundary for the robotic arm to move. ( 556 x 448 x 607)

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Recording movement into readable path

Moving with assigned joint detection

Overlaying multiple points over a course of recorded time

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Drafting of the grasshopper script

Script Sequence 3 : Traslating multiple overlaying points into runnable lines of path for the arm to operate within a boundary

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Recording movement into readable path

Changed from points Into runnable lines

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Problem Encouterments

Free running of the lines may result in extreme turning of the arm

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Solutions

Reducing number of runs of the whole series of lines

Part II : Fabrications

Software Realisation

Adjusting the speed of the arm

Testing out the acceleration of the arm to be almost in sync with body movement

Part III : End Product

Part III : End Product

Production Sequence

Record the dance movements

Part III : End Product

Production Sequence Act II

Generate the path of lines that are readable to the arm

Part III : End Product Production Sequence

Act III

Recalibrate sequence of lines and speed to avoid arm crash and sync speed with human movement

Part III : End Product

Part III : End Product

Production Sequence

Part III : End Product

Production Sequence

End Product I

Part III : End Product

Production Sequence

End Product II

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Production Sequence

End Product III