Week 4

Functions of the Robot - Designing for how things work :

• Data 

  • Humidity

  • Temperature

  • Light %

  • Presence of Water

  • Geography of the region

  • Air quality

    • Detection of toxins

  • Climate

  • Microbial environment

• Communication with Microbes

  • Take in info from microbes 

  • Communication would be the actions needed to be done by the robot

• Housing to incubate

• Ability to walk/ move

• Time

  • Provide an incubation space that allows for ideal (ideal situations, light, humidity, etc, no predators) initial growth 

  • No chemical/human intervention in the growth process 

  • Process of growing/spreading of plants is increased because the robots can house many plant incubators and can travel around to place plants.

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Stories of the Robot:

• Story of succession - (Existing stories of succession: Old mining areas, now overgrown with plants )

  • Metropolitan Cities (Prettier and detailed) - LATER AFTER DETAILED DRAWINGS

  • Ghost towns 

  • Nuclear power plant areas/ explosions 

  • Superfund sites

• Metropolitan Cities: 

  • Housing / Infrastructure - water tanks ( a plant that can hold water )

  • Street Lamps 

  • Cars/subways (Maybe there is a plant out there that can move very fast)

  • Wireless Networking system : like wifi, channeling system for messages

  • Wired networking system : ex: underground wires

  • Sewage systems, water line systems, gas line systems (underground)

  • Material replacements : glass, metal 

  • Bridges/walkways/sidewalks

  • Personal items? : Lights, phones, backpacks