Hsintzu Cindy
Chang

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  1. J&B-Furniture
  2. River &  Stones- Furniture
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  6. Trihexa-Furniture
  7. Booky-Stationery
  8. Spirit/Bubble-Glassware
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9. Mudras in Motion-Interactive Design Using Machine Learning


Mudras in Motion is an interactive design that uses Wekinator, incorporating Mudras hand gestures inspired by traditional dance movements from India as machine learning input. For the output, data transferred from Wekinator, Processing, and Arduino controls robot arms inspired by the motion of a peacock's wings. Combining all the elements, creates the cyber-physical system design.





Besides aiming to develop an interactive robotic arm using Wekinator for the machine learning, we wanted to learn a maximum. Experimenting was at the centre of our process. We also aimed to design beautiful motion to potentially be exhibited by the Alec Robertson of the Design Education Trust. We found inspiration in birds' movements and dance. We tried a variety of mechanisms and settled on the movement of the peacock's tail and of wings. As a machine learning input, we chose to use Mudras hand-gestures, which are dance movements from India.








Overall division of labor
Ai machine learning training design (Wekinator): Hsintzu Chang
Processing and Arduino coding: Hsintzu Chang
Robot arm mechanism: Prerna Singh, Sonia Rettenmaier
Design appearance: Harith Wilson, Prerna Singh
Electronic board connection: Hsintzu Chang, Harith Wilson

This project was exhibited at the Royal Society of Sculptors in London 2023

Imperial College London/Royal College of Art 2023 London, UK