FLUMZIS: A DIY ROBOT THAT IMPROVES STUDENT PERFORMANCE DURING STUDY NIGHTS
Our team is made up of Sebastian Caballa, Jose Cortazar, Midori Sanchez and Roberto Raez
Fifty-nine percent of adults aged 18-29
tag themselves as night owls.
Not sleeping the recommended number of hours reduces our abilities
and alters our behavior.
Particularly in our country,
university students tend to study during the morning
because their time to do their homework
and study is not enough during the day
In order to help, we decided to develop Flumzis
Flumzis is proposed to optimize study performance
and prevent health deterioration of users
Flumzis complements the method of study
of each person making it more efficient
to reduce the night study time
During the night,
it gives an advice on how to eat healthy,
also it gives study techniques
to improve the retention of information
and methods to organize your time when studying
Also flumzis has been designed
so that it can be easily manufactured and assembled
How Flumzis Optimize the study sessions
well, Over the night it gives advices
and motivational phrases to optimize the study session,
for example,
“To facilitate learning try to combine visual and
auditory memorization”
or “remember to do self-assessments”
Flumzis Promote Healthy eating habits
to maintain energy during the night.
From time to time it tells the student
that he should consume some kind of fruit
like apples or bananas or dried fruit
instead of energy drinks based on caffeine
Through his screen,
he shows you different gifs
indicating what you should consume.
The optimal study time
is within 18 to 20 minutes;
hence,
Flumzis tells the user when to take a break
and when to return to study
following the recommended time
It tracks your effective study time for 20 minutes
and reminds you to take breaks of 5 minutes
with some alerts like movements and sounds
it was designed to be manufactured
with a 3d printer and using laser cutting
for the internal parts
Its design has lips and lace
so that it can be easily assembled without using screws
In addition, it can be programmed on an arduino platform
which uses a simple programming language
and flexible hardware
Flumzis has four main forms of human robot interaction
Its eyes indicates different stays of his mood
with several colours, for example,
to take a break with red, return to study with green,
to eat some snack with yellow, among others.
Secondly a sensor is placed in Flumzis’ head,
it works in order to notificate Flumzis
when the user heard the alarm sound and to stop it
Also, when flumzis wants to tell something,
it makes a special sound to attract the attention of the user
Finally, The screen shows different images
for some advices or notifications
and textually shows you some recommendations.
in conclusion,
Flumzis is a powerful learning tool about robotics and programming
A companion to study for overnights
And It’s friendly in order to strengthen the relationship
with the user
Actually we are starting some tests
to measure and quantify the impact on the study nights
We thank Sala VEO 3D the Digital manufacturing lab
of our university for providing us with the necessary
resources to carry out this project
well, thats all. Thank you