Commisioned by the Next Generation Design Leaders Program, which is funded by the Korean Ministry of Knowledge and Economy (MKE) and administered by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP)
Wood Material
2011 Jan
Commisioned by the Next Generation Design Leaders Program, which is funded by the Korean Ministry of Knowledge and Economy (MKE) and administered by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP)
Wood Material
Plastic Material
Video (Plastic Hands, 2011)
Video (Wooden Hands, 2012)
Please smile is an exhibit involving five robotic skeleton arms that change their gestures depending on a viewer’s facial expressions. It consists of a microcontroller, a camera, a computer, five external power supplies, and five plastic skeleton arms, each with four motors. It incorporated elements from mechanical engineering, computer vision perception to serve artistic expression with a robot.
Audiences interact with “Please smile” in three different ways.
When no human falls within the view of the camera, the five robotic skeleton arms choose the default position, which is bending their elbows and wrists near the wall. When a human steps within the view of the camera, the arms point at the human and follow his/her movements. Then when someone smiles in front of it, the five arms wave their hands. Through artwork such as “Please smile,” I would like to foster positive audience behaviors.
Credit
Developer: Hye Yeon Nam
Robotics: Changhyun Choi
Diagram (click to download)
Please smile by Hye Yeon Nam is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.hynam.org.
Exhibition
2012 Sep, Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY
2012 Jan, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Jul, FILE, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2011 Jan, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY