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Patten Studio

Patten Studio

Brooklyn, NY

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Swarm - A Collection of Tiny Tabletop Robots

Think of Swarm as physical handles for digital information that you can grasp, twist or push and pull. Almost infinitely manipulable, Swarm forms an ideal platform for making digital interfaces more tangible. These application-agnostic robots can act as spaceships in a video game, dials in a sound editing console, and even cars on a map. The robots haptic feedback physically makes complex data easier to understand.

Swarm pucks can rearrange themselves based on how they are being used. They are particularly powerful when used in applications that require complex computations, combining a machine’s number crunching capabilities with the human knack for asking the right questions.

Swarm is available with a software development kit, or we can develop custom applications for you.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Brooklyn, NY, US
Firm Role: Concept, Research and Development, Electronics & Software engineering, Production