Physical Computing Projects

This semester, I am taking Introduction to Physical Computing (60-223). It has been a blast, and I have been able to work on some really cool projects. These are the first two. I'll post links to the final two projects later this year.

A Sensory So Long:

A Sensory So long consists of two conductive tubes which map position in space to position in a song. The each tube allows the viewer to play a different version of the classic "So Long, Farewell" song. For this project, I had to figure out how to use the conductive tube to determine position along the tube. Additionally, I got the arduino to communicate to Pure Data running on a laptop using the Firmata firmware.
http://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/physcomp/f15/60-223/one-in-one-out-a-sensory-so-long/

Explorers:

Explorers consists of two mobile robots that explore their environment and slowly learn to respect it. For this project, I designed, modeled, laser cut and assembled the enclosures for the Pololu 3pi robots that were the core of this project. 

http://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/physcomp/f15/60-223/mobile-robot-explorers/