Baritone + Interactive Robots
Sensor Driven Lamps + Robot Drummer + Wearable Robotic arm
A series of interactive robotics projects developed in an advanced mechatronics studio:
Sensor-Driven Lamp – inspired by biological growth and decay, the lamp responds to human presence with lighting behaviors that evoke natural cycles.
Panic Drum Robot – a robotic drummer translating sensor inputs into percussive patterns, exploring the intersection of performance and automation.
Wearable Robotic Arm – created for the performance Beyond the Binary, this project combined robotics and body extension, highlighting hybrid human-machine expression.
Together, these experiments showcase how robotics can merge technical precision with cultural and performative dimensions.
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Class: Adv Mechatronics React Space
Instructor: Simon Kim, Mark Yim
In Collaboration with: Evan Grant, Jonathan Mairena, JeongInn Park.
Our group found inspiration in nature and how organisms grow and die, how blood vessels and mycelium extend in a beautiful chaos. We created a lamp that explores materials to evoke this feeling of growing and dying. To form the sculpture piece of the lamp, a silicone mold was made using 3D printed parts and then resin was cast with various dyes and materials such as lichen, mushrooms, and plaster. To show the beginning and end of life, we made it so that when you approach the lamp the light grows and as you walk away the light recedes. This light is fed through clear plastic tubes, to have the light climb and creep around the lamp.