ECLA’s new gaming robot, Deltu, is a little too human, even if it doesn’t look it – it’s prone to gquitting if you’re not worthy. From the video:
Project by ECAL/Alexia Léchot
Tutors: Alain Bellet, Cyril Diagne, Gaël Hugo, Christophe Guignard, Cédric Duchêne,
Assistants : Laura Perrenoud, Tibor Udvari, Romain Cazier
ECAL / University of Art and Design, Lausanne Switzerland
Bachelor Media & Interaction Design
Filmed and edited by Alexia Léchot, Pauline Saglio
ecal.ch + ECAL – Bachelor Media&Interaction DesignDeltu is a delta robot with a personality that interacts with humans via two iPads.
Depending on its mood, it plays with the user who is faced with an artificial intelligence simulation, who appreciates the small pleasures of life, sometimes too much.
The relationship we have with robots/AI that have been created to enhance our performance, but have become a source of learning, is unique and exciting. The android’s place in ociety has not yet been defined and remains to be determined; for me it is the best source of inspiration.
What is a Delta Robot!?
Simply put, a type of parallel robot with three arms connected to universal joints at the base. They’re popularly used in factories as efficient packaging and picking machines as they can be quite fast. More here, for the technically inclined.