PaperBot

Summary

PaperBot is an interactive animal-shaped paper toy combined with electronic modules.
It was designed for early science education to help children understand how electronic devices work and make their own interactive animal friend easy and safely.

Role

  • Designed three types of PaperBots and paper assembly kits - Bear, Crocodile, Parrot
  • Developed scale mockups and interactive prototypes
  • Worked cross-functionally with design, engineering, and project management
  • Launched workshop and demonstrated PaperBots at Maker Faire in Seoul, 2015

Details

PaperBot provides a set of cardboard and electronic block modules including a power supply and various types of input/output modules. There're 3 steps to finish the PaperBot.

First, create a short story using an "if" conditional statement for the PaperBot.
Then, choose the electronic modules following the story.

"If I touch my crocodile's head, he will growl and bite my hand"
→   [Input] Static electricity sensor   +  [Output] Speaker  +  [Output] Motor

At last, assemble the modules and paper cut-outs.


Paperbot's early prototype demonstration was broadcasted via YTN, a national news channel in South Korea.
I demonstrated the assembling process and presented the product mechanism.


With this project, my lab was selected as the Best Maker in 2015 by KFASC (Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity).