Crafting Material Interfaces

Jason Wee and Oz Agar PDF of Presentation Links: Japanese Soft Robotics Hand and Sushi

by Shan Gao, Fangbing Qiu, Woong Ki Sung   Programmable Material A material whose properties can be programmed to achieve specific shapes or stiffnesses upon command. Planning phase generating creasing patterns -Every polyhedral surface can be folded from a sufficiently large square of paper -Box-pleat pattern as a universal crease pattern Optimal Planning Multi Shape [...]

Electroactive polymers (EACs), essentially speaking, are bits of rubberish stuff that changes shape when a current is applied. They’ve been around for some time and they’re not all that difficult to fabricate yourself. The paper that we read, by Petralia and Wood, explores how practically, one goes about making such a thing. Though they do their [...]

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, November 15, 2011 For this assignment, you’ll research different material actuators in small teams.