A proposal for a hardwood cleaning robot that embodied more inherent social protocols - essentially trying to make the robot look and behave more coherent with respect to the people in the household, as an extension to its laser guiding capabilities to navigate rooms.
This development program involved heavy collaboration as principal designer and manager with the UX/UI team at Smart Design to understand how these values would be incorporated and harmonized using new sensor and lighting technologies.
The robot was designed to express purpose and direction. The front panel defines the functional area where for cleaning where as the the rest of the design is more restrained with only the wrap around angled crease for structural definition, blending into the interior environment of the home.
ID/ UX process overview
UX/ UI process overview.
A storyboard overview sharing a working scenario. The prominent LED matrix touch display hidden under the top surface provides important communication to the owner to portray a sense of awareness by the robot during operation and when charging.