Demonstrating Xstrings: 3D Printing Cable-driven Mechanism for Actuation, Deformation, and Manipulation
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Author(s)
Li, Jiaji
Feng, Shuyue
Perroni-Scharf, Maxine
Liu, Yujia
Guan, Emily
Mueller, Stefanie
Date Issued
April 25, 2025
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ACM|Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Citation
Jiaji Li, Shuyue Feng, Maxine Perroni-Scharf, Yujia Liu, Emily Guan, and Stefanie Mueller. 2025. Demonstrating Xstrings: 3D Printing Cable-driven Mechanism for Actuation, Deformation, and Manipulation. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 720, 1–5.
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Abstract
In this Demo, we present Xstrings, a method for designing and fabricating 3D printed objects with integrated cable-driven mechanisms that can be printed in one go without the need for manual assembly. Xstrings supports four types of cable-driven interactions—bend, coil, screw and compress—which are activated by applying an input force to the cables. To facilitate the design of Xstrings objects, we developed a design tool that allows users to embed cable-driven mechanisms into the object geometry based on the desired interaction by automatically placing joints and cables at the respective locations. The application potential of Xstrings is demonstrated through examples such as manipulable gripping, bionic robot manufacturing, and dynamic prototyping.
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CHI EA ’25, Yokohama, Japan
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3721277
