Recitation
In this recitation, we are required to make a drawing machine that draws on a piece of paper in groups of two. Unfortunately, when building the circuit I connected something wrong and burned my Arduino and ran out of time. So I observed my classmates instead.
Questions
Question 1: I would be interested in building an intelligent machine that soothes a person’s feelings when they are depressed. It will use a camera to analyze the human’s facial expression and say something to them depending on the category of their mood. It will also look human-friendly and approachable.
Question 2: The art installation of Mechanical Mirrors: Wooden Mirror by Daniel Rozin appealed to me. It is very simple and ingenious, facilitating wood to reflect a human face. By comparison, this recitation is more dependent, meaning that it draws randomly and doesn’t showcase an existent thing. I think the artist connected all the woodblocks together and applied an overturn function on them. There was also a camera and a color analyzer (in the way I put it) that decided the scale of the greyness of the woodblocks.