I-Corps: Robotic Optic Technologies for Adaptive, Dynamic Lighting Applications

这个i-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一种基于附加制造的机器人照明技术，用于智能家居和建筑、智能照明、物联网和建筑技术。目前，消费者被要求购买许多灯，每个灯放在一个位置，做一件事。这种情况推高了照明设备的购买、设计、安装和能源成本。这项拟议的技术旨在为消费者提供机会，通过使用移动应用程序，将执行一项任务的多台设备替换为一台快速执行多项任务的设备。使用所提出的技术的室内和室外自适应照明系统可以支持照明控制的自动化系统。多用途照明系统的好处还包括安全、节能和为最终用户提供先进的人体工程学行为。该项目可能会推动当前的智能照明技术和开发更高效、紧凑和自适应的照明系统，最终节省空间和能源，并降低当代城市环境中空间的照明设计、制造、安装和运营成本。该i-Corps项目基于自动化、自适应光学技术的开发，允许在室内和室外空间动态重新定向和分布人工照明。这项拟议的技术是一种3D打印技术，用于生产滤光片，当与发光二极管(LED)技术、数据传感和机器人运动控制算法集成时，滤光片表现出自适应照明行为。拟议的设计结合了材料科学/工程、机器人和物联网(IoT)的研究。采用先进光学行为的集成照明设备展示了动态和高效地控制照明属性的能力，如方向、环境和移动，这些功能是目前使用现有智能照明技术无法实现的。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of an additive manufacturing-based robotic lighting technology for use in smart homes and buildings, smart lighting, Internet of Things, and building technologies. Currently, consumers are required to buy many lights, each placed in a single location, that do one thing. This circumstance drives up the buying, design, installation, and energy costs for lighting devices. The proposed technology is designed to offer consumers the opportunity to replace multiple devices that perform one task with one device that rapidly performs many tasks through the use of a mobile application. Indoor and outdoor adaptive lighting systems using the proposed technology may support automated systems for lighting control. The benefits of multi-purpose lighting systems also include safety, energy-savings and advanced ergonomic behavior to end-users. This project may advance current technologies for smart lighting and the development of more efficient, compact and adaptive lighting systems, ultimately saving space and energy, as well as reducing lighting design, manufacturing, installation and operations costs for spaces situated in contemporary urban settings.This I-Corps project is based on the development of an automated, adaptive optic technology that allows for dynamic redirection and distribution of artificial lighting in interior and exterior spaces. The proposed technology is a 3D printing technology for producing optic filters that exhibit adaptive lighting behavior when integrated with light emitting diode (LED) technology, data sensing, and robotic motion control algorithms. The proposed design combines research in materials science/engineering, robotics, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Integrated lighting devices using the advanced optic behavior have demonstrated the ability to dynamically and efficiently control lighting properties such as direction, ambiance, and movement, functions which are not currently possible using existing smart lighting technologies.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.