A robotic pillow that helps users to reduce stress in order to fall asleep using breathing techniques.
What is it?
PILLAX is a robotic pillow that helps users to reduce stress in order to fall asleep using breathing techniques. PILLAX guides the user how to breath in the ideal way for relaxation using artificial lungs technology. The user hugs the pillow and synchronize his breathing with the pillows breathes. This way, the user can reduce his stress levels and falling asleep.
Project Info
Students: Mika Alter, Hadar Cohen, Nimrod Michaeli, Maya Mentzel, Shaked Kafzan.
Designers: Anat Mendelovich, Gal Steinmetz
Lecturers: Dr. Oren Zuckerman, Dr. Noa Morag
Teaching Assistant - Daniel Shir, Noa Shitrit, Zvika Marfeld
How does it work?
This robotic pillow imitates human's breathing using water based system. The system controls two water balloons using fluids pump and transfers water from one balloon to the other. This way, creates lungs behavior feeling. The system controlled by Arduino Uno software which regulates the fluids amount in each balloon.