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Amoeba Wall - Dynamic Workspace Reconfiguration System  

Amoeba Wall - Dynamic Workspace Reconfiguration System

Cambridge, MA, United States

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Amoeba Wall - Dynamic Workspace Reconfiguration System

Cambridge, MA, United States

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2016
With the rapid explosion of population affecting almost every metropolitan city around the world, highly dense cities will soon become the norm. With the goal of creating a dynamically reconfigurable workspace that accommodates a wide range of activities in a small area, we started a design research for several incubator companies focused on creating architectural robotics and platforms that enable creative workspace on demand for a fraction of price and space traditionally required.

Inspired by the tiny creature amoeba, we picture future sharing workspace to be hyper-transformable. Imagine the Amoeba Walls are cell membranes of amoebas and other dynamic furniture like Amoeba Tables are the organelles. An empty conference room can be configured into several small team room or individual offices. They can merge into medium size discussion spaces or other spaces with ease based on the context. These transformations resemble the merging and splitting behaviors of amoebas.

Amoeba Wall's movements are enabled by a system of Omni-wheels; by driving individual wheels at different speeds, each node can move in any direction, allowing the wall to translate and articulate. Control is through a computer program which simulates movements and sends commands via Wi-Fi using the MQTT protocol. This system is low-latency, reliable, and can be remotely controlled over the Internet. Wall panels consist of lightweight aluminum and polycarbonate and can be used as a LED interface.

Honghao Deng MIT Media Lab, James Li MIT Media Lab, Juan Angulo MIT Media Lab, Kent Larson MIT Media Lab, Luis Alonso MIT Media Lab, Poseidon Ho MIT Media Lab

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