by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Jun 27, 2019 | 2019, Featured Publications, Future of Work, Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, Information and Intelligent Systems, Karthik Ramani, Ke Huo, Publications, Recent Publications, Yuanzhi Cao
We present V.Ra, a visual and spatial programming system for robot-IoT task authoring. In V.Ra, programmable mobile robots serve as binding agents to link the stationary IoTs and perform collaborative tasks. We establish an ecosystem that coherently connects the three...
by Convergence Design Lab Admin | May 19, 2019 | 2019, Future of Work, Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, Information and Intelligent Systems, Karthik Ramani, Ke Huo, Recent Publications, Yuanzhi Cao
We present V.Ra, a visual and spatial programming system for robot-IoT task authoring. In V.Ra, programmable mobile robots serve as binding agents to link the stationary IoTs and perform collaborative tasks. We establish an ecosystem that coherently connects the three...
by Convergence Design Lab Admin | May 3, 2019 | 2019, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications
Implementing advanced big data (BD) analytic is significant for successful incorporation of artificial intelligence in manufacturing. With the widespread deployment of smart sensors and internet of things (IOT) in the job shop, there is an increasing need for handling...
by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Mar 9, 2019 | Ananya Ipsita, Karthik Ramani, Luis Paredes, News, Outreach, Subramanian Chidambaram, Terrell Glenn
One more year the C-Design Lab is part of the Greater Lafayette Mini Maker Fair, an event that attracts hundreds of children and makers. This year, people were able to have a feeling of design methods, fabrication techniques, and digital interactions such as VR head...
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by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Mar 8, 2019 | C-Blog, Karthik Ramani
The media paints a grim picture of an America in which automation is, in the words of a recent New York Times article, “flushing workers without a college degree out of productive industries.” This feeds the overwrought narrative — brought to life vividly by film,...
by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Feb 11, 2019 | 2019, Featured Publications, Karthik Ramani, Recent Publications, Subramanian Chidambaram, Yunbo Zhang
Current Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools lack proper support for guiding novice users towards designs ready for fabrication. We propose Shape Structuralizer (SS), an interactive design support system that repurposes surface models into structural constructions using...
