HSIN YU HSU Portfolio 2023

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LUCKY Companion Robot and Service System

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FOODCAPELLA Street Food Music Album

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MEETMI Homemade Candied Fruit Machine

Lucky Companion Robot and Service System Lucky is not just a functional care robot, it gives the elderly what they need most, which is companionship. We applied ccurate AI speech recognition and semantic analysis technology, combined with interesting interactive design, made it a friend of the elderly who can't put it down!

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Problem Define Taiwan is a typical aging society. According to a sur vey in 2020 by the National Development Council, nearly 16.7% of the 16.7%

population is older than 65 years old. As society ages, the accompanying problems are imminent. For example, the elderly gradually become lonely and live alone for the rest of their lives. Living alone not only makes life inconvenient for the elderly but may also

2020 The proportion of the population over 65 years old

cause many problems. Research reports show that the elderly living alone are more prone to accidents without immediate care; meanwhile, their social skills will also decline due to a lack of interaction with others.

What if...

With the development of AI artificial intelligence and robots, powerful robots have gradually involved in people's lives.

Robots may not only assist the needs of life but also meet the needs of the psychological level!

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User Interview We understood our target users through interviews. A total of four seniors were interviewed. We recorded their living habits, interests, and difficulties in detail. In addition to their verbal descriptions, we also o b s e r v e d t h e i r e x p re s s i o n s a n d intonations when they were speaking, trying to obtain more details about the emotions and perceptions of them.

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Group Discussion We organized the interview results into several diagrams, including affinity maps, empathy maps, How-Now-Wow matrix, persona, and user journey map. These help us to be user-centered.

After completing the persona, we found that the elderly are generally afraid of burdening their children, so they hope to keep themselves healthy and positive. They tend to find activities that can become the focus of life in retirement, such as learning, planting, sports, etc.

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Conclusion Users need a way to ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

to meone have so ut h witho chat wit ir ing the disturb children

increase o p p o rt u n it ie s

watch a health show or read a

to l e a r n n e w knowledge

ra ise pl an ts an d watch them grow

book easily

because ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ .

th ey liv e alo ne and do not want

to bu rd en th eir children

their vision d e g ra d e d b u t they still want to be health y and positive

they will gain

a sense of

they don't want to fe e l l o n e l y

accomplishm ent and joy

and bored

Insights

Easy to operate

Emotional

Companionship

Multi-Sensory

interaction

and security

Engagement

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Design Concept

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WHY

WHY WE DO Robots are not just tools, but can provide human beings with something more important and precious, which is companionship.

WHAT WE DO Integrate previously separate requirements into one.

HOW WE DO Speech recognition, semantic analysis, and electromechanical system integration.

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3D Model Prototype Emotions Shaking Leaves Leaves shake when users give irradiation.

Normal

Upset

Happy

Angry

Light Sensor Inside the holes are the light sensors that can receive users' irradiation.

Speaker Lucky can chat with the elderly, read

Shaking Hands

news and books to

When Lucky speaks,

them, and sing with them.

its hands will shake to express abundant emotions.

Charging Pot The pot is a charging base, as well as Luck's home.

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Usage Senarios

How can I use the radio? It's too complicated!

Let's sing together, Grandma!

Oh, My favorite song! Thank you Lucky.

You sing very well, Grandma!

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My son is too busy. He has no time for me...

But he works very hard to reassure you, Grandma!

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That's true! Thank you so much, Lucky.

" Wish you a good luck! " Lucky 11

Awards We won the competition held by TAIRA (Taiwan AI Robotics Accelerator) of Tainan Science Park. TAIRA is an international-level accelerator centered on AI smart applications, and Tainan Science Park is the science park with the largest output value in southern Taiwan.

First Place Award After careful selection by judges from Tainan Science Park's TAIRA and National Cheng Kung University Institute of Creative Industries Design, we won the first place! We were awarded by the president of Cheng Kung University.

Best Popularity Award The competition not only allows professional judges to discuss and judge, but also lets users to vote and choose their favorite robot.

We managed to win the love of our users and won the Best Popularity Award!

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Exhibition

2018 Maker Festival We were invited to participate i n t h e M a k e r F e s t i va l , t h e largest maker event in southern Taiwan. The content includes robot AI technology application demonstrations, interactive games, robot competitions, etc.

The exhibition hall is estimated to have more than 200 booths.

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Foodcapella Street Food Music Album Explored the meaning of cultural assets of Tainan City, which is known as the historical and cultural capital of Taiwan, in order to convey Tainan’s traditional culture to the public in an innovative way through design.

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Foodcapella

Album Intro Music can stimulate the sense of taste through synesthesia. Therefore, we decided to display Tainan’s street food in the form of music in the group discussion, providing tourists with a new sensory experience.

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Music of Tainan's Street Food

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Forewords

Tainan City's aquaculture fishery is rich in production, especially milkfish, which is the most historical and local representative, and the domestic production is also the highest. Therefore, many milkfish dishes have been derived, which have become Tainan's special street food. Floating-fish thick soup is made from the back and maw of milkfish, which is a very popular delicacy for tourists.

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Music of Tainan's Street Food

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I first collected the various sounds made during food production from the vendor site, and then transformed them into rhythms and notes with my composition ability.

I express...

with..

The sound of a kitchen knife chopping ingredients

Short tones

The sound of scooping soup

Continuous smooth tones

The boiling sound of stewing

Playful tones

The process of rapid frying

Passionate rhythm

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Through the presentation of music, tourists can not only enjoy street food visually and tastefully, but also experience the essence of the food making process through hearing.

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We also make music videos for street food and release albums, allowing them to show a new side in an unprecedented way.

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Music of Tainan's Street Food

Music Video

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Meetmi Homemade Candied Fruit Machine Meetmi integrates the steps of candied fruit production, subtracting the repetitive and tedious steps. It preserves the user experience value when people participate in. It also provides recipe information integration, seasoning design, and gift planning, making candied fruit a healthy snack food and reviving the traditional meaning of candied fruit as a gift.

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Design Background In recent years, “candied fruit”, a product of Taiwanese traditional culture, is gradually declining. Not only is the hygienic quality of the store's production process worrying, but p e o p le who wa nt to ma ke it themselves are always discouraged by the complicated steps.

Developing Process We tried to make different kinds of candied fruit, and redefined the production steps of all candied fruit into "cutting, dehydrating, pickling, and drying". We found that the existing candied fruit production process is complicated, multiple utensils must be used, and the field needs to be changed constantly. The most difficult thing is that the user has to repeatedly arrange the fruit on the container, which is not only boring for the user but also the fruit itself is easily damaged.

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Pickling

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Drying

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User Journey Map Pain point

Peelingis so troublesome!

Utensils are sticky and difficult to clean

Magic point

How big and thick should it be cut?

Rearranging fruits is boring

The variety of seasonings is interesting!

Can't leave during the drying time

Tasting time!

Express my heart with beautiful packaging

Looking forward to giving a gift!

It's heartwarming to receive feedback

Deisgn Concept We want to provide people who like candied fruit or handmade snacks with a convenient and integrated process as well as gift-giving experiences in their daily life or when they want to express their feelings to others, making candied fruit a new choice for people's daily snacks and gifts.

Design Goals

Integrate chaotic lines

Simplify repetitive

Integrate making

Provide a unique

and multiple utensils

steps

information

seasoning experience

One machine

Fruits only need to

Official website provides

Personalized

contains all steps

be arranged once

production steps

seasoning pack

Solutions

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Protoytpe Iteration of Silicone Tray Cut out silicones, confirm their characteristics, and then think about the way the silicone tray may be folded. Volume are taken into consideration, and after weighted scoring of multiple parameters.

Iteration of Air Outlet Considering that the air outlet needs to bear the weight of the silicone plate and the fruit, the shape of the air column has been modified many times.

Iteration of Glass Cover Considering the limitations of the glass manufacturing process, the shape with a single direction of curvature and rotation was finally selected.

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In order to better understand the performance of the product, we disassembled the fruit dryer, instant cooker, and other products on the market. Through the research and analysis of its internal mechanism, we conceive the operating principle of the candied fruit machine. We collaborate with professionals, communicate with related product development companies, and try various mechanical assemblies in many ways.

Model Making

Silicone Mold making

Glass Cover making

We studied the limitations of silicone

Due to the limitation of the shape and

mold making to make molds by

the size of the model, the glass cover

ourselves. Considering the difficulty

needs to be molded first before it can

of obtaining food-grade silicone, we

be blown manually. A wooden mold

commissioned a silicone factory to

was used to reduce the failure rate of

make the final model.

blowing.

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How to Use

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Choose

Search

seasoning

information

Boil and pickle

Dry the fruits

Service Design By combining seasoning packs, recipes, and gift boxes, users don't need to check recipes on their phones or computers while making candied fruits. After using up the internal seasoning packs, the seasoning packs can be used directly as gift boxes.

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Dehydrate the fruits

Wash only a few dishes

Add seasoning

Pack as a gift

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Air Outlet Releases hot air on both sides so that the three layers of fruit can be evenly dried

Silicone Tray The special cut of silicone allows it to be expanded and folded easily.

The advantage of non-stick silicone makes it easy to clean

Glass Pot Heating Knobs

During the boiling

There are different

and pickling steps,

cooking modes for users to choose according to the characteristics of fruits.

the silicone plate can be directly put into the pot

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Video Design In order to provide users with a better experience, we make videos to show

Before using Meetmi

After using Meetmi

the comparison of the process before and after using Meetmi.

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Official Website Meetmi's official website provides a variety of fruit selection suggestions, as well as candied fruit recipes for users to choose.

Awards and Entrepreneurial Opportunities We won the Gold Award in the selection of NCKU Industrial Design Department Alumni Association and the Lexus Design Award, which is the highest honor for graduates of NCKU Industrial Design. Meanwhile, we drew business attention and obtain entrepreneurial opportunities.

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