iDNA Research Lab proposes futuristic strategies to embody interactive technology in the very fabric of our physical environmental systems. iDNA cultivates the need to strengthen our social belonging to environmental systems, by employing the use of sensors, effectors and actuators in the design of current and future systems. We design intelligent systems for all new forms of responsive, haptic and multi-sensorial environments, from small scale objects as toys and furniture, to large scale environmental interfaces, and buildings’ skin and armature. In the iDNA Research Lab, we design, prototype and evaluate systems with real users.

Equipment

• 5x6m lab space, including two prototyping tables, in addition to: robotic sensors and actuators, soldering Iron Stand, digital multimeter, auto Transformer.

Collaborators & logos for funding




Team members

• Dr. Tarek Mokhtar
• Dr. Abd-Elhamid Taha
• Dr. Ahmed Oteafy
• Dr. Hassan Zohair
• Dr. Nidal Nasser

Projects

Finished: BeRo: Belonging Robots; and, iCE: intelligent Classroom Environments.
On-going: Patent for the USPTO, ECF: Environmental Cleanless Framework, and applying for Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Award for Sports Research.

Contact Person

Dr. Tarek Mokhtar has twenty one years of teaching and research experiences in KSA, USA and Egypt. He teaches courses in digital design, architectural design, computation in architecture, interactive architectural systems, digital fabrication, theory of architecture, and construction drawings. Mokhtar earned an interdisciplinary PhD in Planning, Design and the Built Environment [PDBE] from Clemson University, USA, specialized in Architectural Materials + Systems on research stream 7.0: Intelligent Environments – "Architectural Robotics". He had also earned MS and BS in Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. His research explores embedding robotics and IT technology in the built environment. His research involves designing, prototyping and evaluating Non-Humanoid Social Robots (NH-SR)s focusing on: Human-Robotic Interaction, Human-Centered Design, and the Socio-Cultural and Psychological factors affecting human-machine and -space interactions, at all scales of the built environment.
For more information visit: https://tarekmokhtar.wixsite.com/idna-rg