Schaft (Google Robotics)

I was an industrial designer on Google's Schaft robot project, working with the team at Speck Design to develop rugged plastic skins for the machine. Originally engineered by a Tokyo-based startup, Schaft had just won the DARPA Robotics Challenge before being acquired by Google during Andy Rubin's tenure leading the company's robotics efforts. Andy approached Speck to imagine a more product-ready expression of the robot.

Role: User Experience, User Interface, Interaction Design

Woven by Toyota

2014