INPUT TO TU EINDHOVEN NEXT NATURE STUDENT PROJECT SPRING 2012Etienne Gernez 20120202 – etienne@opensailing.net

THE VISION: Properties and functions – with the example of Oil spill clean up (property 7)

THE PRODUCTS: 1 meter long Remote Controlled Protei for Leisure applications

THE PRODUCTS: 1 meter long Autonomous for Ocean Sensing and Cleaning as a Swarm

THE VISION: Specific applications to Global needs – Research and Production sites

CONTEXT: Scientific community working towards 1st Atlantic Crossing by an Autonomous Sailboat

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028126.400-sailbots-head-for-the-high-seas.html

THE FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT: Open Source Hardware

COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT: DIY Makers Community

Documenting the design and construction

Peer review and design forum

Hands on assignment: Protei 1m RC

• How to make a 1m model that:– is the cheapest to build (<100€ ) with a minimum of

functionality (control of hull shape and sail steering) ? – has the lowest environmental impact from a total life cycle

perspective (birth, life, death, after death): green/bio composites, recycling of sailing/windsurfing equipments…

– can be assembled from a kit by anyone – like an IKEA furniture?– would allow for further upgrading: room for a camera, GPS, and

other sensors– would combine these 4 objectives

• Deliverables: build such a model, or several to interact together!

Conceptual assignment: Protei 1m Autonomous

• What are the necessary functions and components for different missions?– Plastic collection– Oil clean up– Radioactivity mapping– Protected Marine Area Monitoring– Oceanography data collection– Ocean exploration

• How would different version interact with each other? “The Social life of Autonomous Sailing Boats”

• How would a specific version interact with other objects designed for the same goal?– Ex: Protei for oil clean up within a total Oil spill contingency plan– Ex: launching and retrieving of a swarm of Proteis from a mothership

• Deliverables: interactive maps, 3D animations, posters, simulations, AI algorithms

PROTEI COMMUNITY AKA THE PROTEANS – A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS

https://sites.google.com/a/opensailing.net/protei/people

Client expectations

• Innovate & collaborate• High degree of independence• Always work within the Open Hardware

framework: thorough documentation, sharing and crediting of Protei.org on any piece of intellectual or material property produced during the student project

Communication with Client

• Weekly Skype meeting with Academic coordinator Etienne Gernez, on fridays

• >> please elect 1 or 2 contact persons from the student group to report on progress

• Access to Protei community of developers (interaction designers, industrial designers, visual artists) for specific questions, depending on availability, routed by Academic coordinator

• Physical meeting with a few Proteans at the middle and end of semester exhibitions in Eindhoven

Student expectations ?

• What would you like to learn during this project?

• What would you like to do with this experience in the future?

Steering Committee & Coaching• Sam Nemeth• Emilia Barakova• Koert van Mesvoort• Missing: Naval architecture advisor

– >> TU Delft: for example Peter Naaijen– >> MARIN: for example ing. Rien de Meij r.d.meij@marin.nl– both have been in contact with Protei in the recent past – no formal

agreement for close assistance discussed though– when TU Delft and Marin meet:

http://www.marin.nl/web/News/News-items/Delft-University-of-Technology-designs-fastest-model-sailing-boat-at-MARIN.htm

– >> organize a meeting with the TU Delft students who designed these amazing sailing boats?

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Resources

• website: www.protei.org• Protei Handbook available online – with the making

of Protei 1 to 6: https://sites.google.com/a/opensailing.net/protei/media

• Recent documentation of Protei 7 and 8 - in live progress!– http://www.levinegabriella.com/2012/01/protei-itp-wint

er-show-and-build-it-yourself/

– https://sites.google.com/a/opensailing.net/protei/v/008

Contact• Main contact: Etienne Gernez – Academic Coordinator• Based in Oslo, Norway• Available on fridays on Skype, anytime by email• Skype: el_tieno• Mobile: +47 468 10 718• etienne@opensailing.net• >> please go through Etienne for any enquiry!• Piem Wirtz - “Emergency contact”• Based in Rotterdam (V2_Lab)• piem@v2.nl• Direct line: +3110-2067273 (@ V2_Lab) • Office: +3110-2067272 (@ V2_Lab)