Author: Lewin Day / Source: Hackaday
Beds! They don’t move around enough, so the young people say. They need more motors, more horsepower, more self-driving smarts – right? Honestly, we’re not sure, but if that’s the question being asked, [randofo] has the answer.
Aptly named, Bedfellow is an art project that sought to create a bed that could explore and socialise with occupants aboard.
The core principle was not just to create a bed that could move under its own power, but one that could intelligently drive around and avoid obstacles, too. This is achieved through the use of ultrasonic sensors, with an Arduino Mega as the brains. The bed chooses a random direction in…The post Furniture And Motors Make A Strange Bedfellow appeared first on FeedBox.