FormFab: Continuous Interactive Fabrication
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2019-tei-formfab-paper.pdf
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Author(s)
Mueller, Stefanie
Seufert, Anna
Peng, Huaishu
Kovacs, Robert
Reuss, Kevin
Guimbretière, François
Baudisch, Patrick
Date Issued
2019
Journal
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Citation
Mueller, Stefanie, Seufert, Anna, Peng, Huaishu, Kovacs, Robert, Reuss, Kevin et al. "FormFab: Continuous Interactive Fabrication." Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction.
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Abstract
© 2019 Association for Computing Machinery. Several systems have illustrated the concept of interactive fabrication, i.e. rather than working through a digital editor, users make edits directly on the physical workpiece. However, so far the interaction has been limited to turn-taking, i.e., users first perform a command and then the system responds with physical feedback. In this paper, we present a first step towards interactive fabrication that changes the workpiece continuously while the user is manipulating it. To achieve this, our system FormFab does not add or subtract material but instead reshapes it (formative fabrication). A heat gun attached to a robotic arm warms up a thermoplastic sheet until it becomes compliant; users then control a pneumatic system that applies either pressure or vacuum thereby pushing the material outwards or pulling it inwards. Since FormFab reshapes the workpiece continuously while users are moving their hands, users can interactively explore different sizes of a shape with a single interaction.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1145/3294109.3295620
