Modular Movable Table for Human-Machine Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional robots lack user convenience and accessibility in interaction, as they are not designed with human-machine interface considerations, and smart devices are limited in expressing functions and interactions through screens and sound alone.
Innovation Solution
A movable table with a table shape, equipped with a receiving unit, power supply, and image device, featuring removable modules for moving, power, and image functions, along with a human-machine interface, allowing self-movement or user control, and integration with smart devices for enhanced interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional robots are designed with human or pet appearances to interact with users, then user interaction capability is improved, but user convenience and accessibility are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The robot is divided into a head portion and a body portion that can be selectively coupled or separated. The head portion contains the interaction interface (display, sensors), while the body portion provides mobility and support. This segmentation allows the interaction interface to be optimized independently from the mobility functions, resolving the contradiction between interaction capability and operational convenience.
2Device complexity
If smart devices use only built-in screens and sound for output, then device simplicity is improved, but function expression capability is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The head portion serves multiple functions: it acts as the interaction interface with display and sensors, functions as a camera module for imaging, and can be coupled to different body portions for various applications. This multi-functionality allows a single component to provide diverse output capabilities beyond just screen and sound, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and function expression.
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AI summary
A movable table comprises a main body part having a table and a receiving unit; a moving part provided at a lower end of the main body part; a power supply part provided at one surface of the main body part and having a power supply unit for charging or connection to power; and an image device part provided at an upper end of the main body part so that a position or an angle thereof is adjusted and having an image unit, wherein one or more of the moving part, the power supply part and the image device part are formed as modules which are removably attached to the main body part.