4 papers
Sustainability assessment using multimodal AI agents
Zhihan Zhang, Alexander Metzger, Yuxuan Mei +7
Reducing the rapidly growing environmental impact of the computing industry requires assessing the emissions of electronics at scale. However, a traditional life cycle assessment (…
SnappyMeal: Design and Longitudinal Evaluation of a Multimodal AI Food Logging Application
Liam Bakar, Zachary Englhardt, Vidya Srinivas +4
Food logging, both self-directed and prescribed, plays a critical role in uncovering correlations between diet, medical, fitness, and health outcomes. Through conversations with nu…
Set Phasers to Stun: Beaming Power and Control to Mobile Robots with Laser Light
Charles J. Carver, Hadleigh Schwartz, Toma Itagaki +7
We present Phaser, a flexible system that directs narrow-beam laser light to moving robots for concurrent wireless power delivery and communication. We design a semi-automatic cali…
Incorporating Sustainability in Electronics Design: Obstacles and Opportunities
Zachary Englhardt, Felix Hähnlein, Yuxuan Mei +6
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a methodology for holistically measuring the environmental impact of a product from initial manufacturing to end-of-life disposal. However, the exten…