The Bernard&Anne Spitzer
School of Architecture
SSA Robotics Lab
LIGHT TOOL
Joey Huang & Joaquim Rodriguez
Description
The Light Tool is a unique tool that allows light to be projected with the assistance of the ABB Robotic's Arm. The Light tool aims to create unique patterns and different methods of using the 'light'. attached to the arm would be the attachment for the lights to be attached on, with RGB Led strips connected. Using the complexity of color to demonstrate the unique patterns that light can influence with the aid of the Robots arm.
Equipment
Mating Flange
RGB-LED or LED
*This can be used with regular white LEDs or RGB LEDs.
Dimmer module
Power source (That can output 12v-5a)
Attachment
The attachment consists of a 3D printed Base Plate, 3D printed stem and LED strips. The LED strips can be either RGB or regular white LEDs.
Connecting
Connecting the Attachment requires the Mating Flange, this requires 4 MX screws to mount the Mating Flange to the Light Tool, and additional 4 MX screws to attach to the Arm. This will secure the tool in place, additional components such as the dimmer module can be attached to the stem with double-sided tape.
Light Combinations
The RGB LED Strips are configurable, this will allow the lights to change colors at the expense of either a remote or future iterations such as using an Arduino to systematically change the colors to certain conditions. While Regular White LED Strips can produce a color spectrum of White, The RGB LED Strips can produce over 16.5 Million Color combinations. If including the dimming or the Alpha, This goes over 4.2 billion possible combinations.
LED Strips at 255,255,255,255 (RGBA) Configuration
LED Strips at 255,0,0,255 (Red)
LED Strips at 0,255,0,255 (Green)
LED Strips at 0,0,255,255 (Blue)
Demonstration
This demonstration is overall a projection of what Lights can be used to showcase unique patterns.
Utilizing the simulations, the arms are able to simulate a general movement where the tool is facing towards us. While its movement is smooth, this allows the light tool to be able to demonstrate what color patterns can be used. With RGB LED strips, this allows the tool to display a whole variety of colors within one session.
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