SENSITIVE MACHINE
A EXPLORATION OF HOMOLOGY BETWEEN HUMAN AND MECHANIZED GESTURE
Directors: Anna Borou Yu, Jiajian Min Advisor: Sarah Oppenheimer, Joe Zinter Collaborators: Sangji Han, Audrey Fisher, Betty Wang
Multimedia Research & Development in Making a Wearable Apparatus (Sensitive Machine Workshop), Yale School of Art Year: 2019
In the workshop Sensitive Machine, with Professor Sarah Oppenheimer from Yale School of Art, we explored the homology between human beings and physical mechanism, then built a body extension that amplifies human haptic sense and peripheral attention through a wearable bodily extension (or in the name of handcrafted prosthesis), and choreographed the using modes of this human-machine combination.
Based on prototyping process in the software Linkage and physical simulation with pipes and various fastenings, we explored the dynamic equilibrium of human beings. Later we built an interactive apparatus as a sensory conduit, investigating how the machine transfers sensation to and from the proprioceptive body. We also explored with six different movements/gestures that combine the mechanism prototype with various motion directions. Then we selected the movements which matched best with our initial concept. The MoCap data provides feedback to the examination and development of this human-machine interaction, and expands the digital possibilities of the physical model.
在耶鲁大学艺术学院Sarah Oppenheimer教授带领的感知机器工作坊中，我们探索了人类与机器运动模式之间的同源性，制作了可扩展的身体延伸装置，以期放大人类的触觉和与周围环境间的互动性，并尝试了此人机组合的数种不同使用方式。首先，我们通过Linkage软件进行数字模拟，并通过塑料管道和各种连接件进行实际的物理模拟，探索了人体的动态平衡方式。之后我们建造了一个可动的穿戴装置，同时由三个人进行控制。装置作为感觉传递器，探索了机器如何将感觉传递到身体，并从身体传递回去。此外，我们尝试了六种不同的动作模式，比较了这些运动模式在此物理机制下的合理性，并选择了最符合我们最初概念的一种，对此进行运动捕捉。 运动捕捉数据为可穿戴装置的进一步改进提供了反馈，并探讨了物理模型数字化的可能性。