When presented with a task to design and assemble a form of creative robotics, we chose to develop the ‘Machine-Machine’ relationship. First we set up a series of rules that all the individuals would follow, and then built a society for them to interact and perform. A key factor to this project, was the development of interacting robots, which were not initialized by human interaction. With the inspiration from flying machines and bioluminescent creatures, we decided the robot should be able to simulate flying or floating and with the ability to glow. The material silicone is light, transparent, and can be easily cast into different shapes. We designed different types of silicone shells for the robot. A void space was left in order to design a frame and attachment system for the Arduino and electrical setup, as well as the vertical pulley.

This specific pulley system is based on a simple physical mechanism, which requires a continuous rotational servo located inside the prototype with all the Ardunio set-up. The prototype is attached to a frame and goes up and down through the coded rotation of the servo. To create a machine-machine interaction, the robots needed to speak a specific language with each other. We decided to use color as the language. So the robot was equipped with an R/G/B color sensor. We tested the sensor connecting it to the wheel with the calibration in the light environment, followed by experimenting with connecting the wheel with the calibration in the dark environment. This connection was established through the coding of the Arduino, a language which ensured direct interaction.